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Licensed practical nurse salary in West Virginia

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia post a median of $32.53 an hour, the middle half $28.35–$37.80 (about $67,700 a year full time), $0.65 above the national posted median. From 8 jobs at 4 employers that state their pay.

$32.53
Median posted /hr
$28.35–$37.80
Middle half /hr
$67,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$26.61
BLS median in WV
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia · Licensed practical nurse pay nationwide

What licensed practical nurses are paid in West Virginia

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $32.53 an hour. Middle half $28.35 to $37.80. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 8 open jobs in West Virginia. Lowest posted $22.71, highest $56.

Posted on open jobs in West Virginia

$28.35–$37.80/hr

Middle half of 8 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $32.53. 7% of the 112 open licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia state an hourly rate.

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Licensed practical nurse pay by employer in West Virginia

What each employer posts for licensed practical nurses here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Genesis HealthCare$41.48$24.50–$563
CommuniCare Health Services$36.57$24–$36.573
Champion LTC$28.50$27–$301
Valley Health (Virginia)$28.39$22.71–$34.061

Median of each employer's jobs in West Virginia (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for licensed practical nurses nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in West Virginia

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, West Virginia. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (29-2061)$21.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$23.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$26.61 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$29.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)$34.12 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)6,050 (source: BLS OEWS, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Licensed practical nurse salary in West Virginia: common questions

How much does a licensed practical nurse make in West Virginia?

Open licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia that state an hourly rate post a median of $32.53, the middle half $28.35–$37.80 (8 jobs from 4 employers). Full time that is about $67,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $26.61/hr ($55,360 a year) for people employed in the occupation in West Virginia (May 2025).

Which employers in West Virginia pay licensed practical nurses the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Genesis HealthCare ($41.48) and CommuniCare Health Services ($36.57).

How does West Virginia compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in West Virginia ($32.53) is $0.65 above the national posted median of $31.88. In the BLS survey West Virginia ranks 49 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 8 of 112 open licensed practical nurse jobs in West Virginia (7%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Licensed practical nurse pay in other states

Licensed practical nurse salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Registered Nurses & LPNs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →West Virginia pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (SOC 29-2061), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Licensed practical nurse salary in West Virginia. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/licensed-practical-nurse/west-virginia

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