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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses pay in Tennessee and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses is $58,870 per year in Tennessee. It is $83,150 per year in Washington. Tennessee is 29.2% 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 20,830 wage and salary jobs in Tennessee 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