How much do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses make in Bend, OR?

Percentile spread

For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $60,520 and the 90th percentile is $97,610. The difference is $37,090, which is 44.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $74,810 to the 75th at $91,970, covers $17,160.

The mean annual wage is $81,410, which sits below the median of $83,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bend, OR median is 29.3% higher than the national median of $64,400 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $80,361, which is 24.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% higher than the Oregon median of $80,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bend, OR is 103.607, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $80,361 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Bend, OR ranks 2nd of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albany, OR is 85 miles away, with a median of $79,610 and employment of 130. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,973, against $80,361 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101 miles away, with a median of $77,790 and employment of 590. That median is 6.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,589, against $80,361 here.
• Salem, OR is 112 miles away, with a median of $79,600 and employment of 660. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,798, against $80,361 here.

Employment share

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Bend, OR (150 of 108,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.42% of employment (648,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.