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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses pay in Indiana and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses is $65,720 per year in Indiana. It is $83,150 per year in Washington. Indiana is 21.0% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2061 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 14,480 wage and salary jobs in Indiana and 6,780 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings