How much do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses make in Grand Junction, CO?

Percentile spread

For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $47,430 and the 90th percentile is $77,080. The difference is $29,650, which is 46.0% 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 $56,070 to the 75th at $75,560, covers $19,490.

The mean annual wage is $64,630, which sits above the median of $64,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Junction, CO median is 0.1% higher than the national median of $64,400 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,535, which is 4.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.7% lower than the Colorado median of $73,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Junction, CO is 95.476, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $67,535 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Grand Junction, CO ranks 4th of 5 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).).

• Farmington, NM is 173 miles away, with a median of $62,690 and employment of 120. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,477, against $67,535 here.
• Boulder, CO is 179 miles away, with a median of $76,800 and employment of 250. That median is 19.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,002, against $67,535 here.
• Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 193 miles away, with a median of $75,810 and employment of 2,700. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,666, against $67,535 here.

Employment share

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Junction, CO (160 of 67,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.42% of employment (648,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.57 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.