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

Percentile spread

For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $50,750 and the 90th percentile is $92,300. The difference is $41,550, which is 56.0% 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 $63,110 to the 75th at $78,800, covers $15,690.

The mean annual wage is $72,470, which sits below the median of $74,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corvallis, OR median is 15.2% higher than the national median of $64,400 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,296, which is 10.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.8% lower than the Oregon median of $80,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corvallis, OR is 104.017, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $71,296 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Corvallis, OR ranks 11th of 11 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).).

• Salem, OR is 38 miles away, with a median of $79,600 and employment of 660. That median is 7.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,798, against $71,296 here.
• Albany, OR is 44 miles away, with a median of $79,610 and employment of 130. That median is 7.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,973, against $71,296 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 47 miles away, with a median of $77,790 and employment of 590. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,589, against $71,296 here.

Employment share

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Corvallis, OR (70 of 38,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.42% of employment (648,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.44 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.