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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses is $59,940 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. It is $95,320 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 37.1% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 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 1,310 wage and salary jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and 3,290 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. 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.