How much do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses make in Lynchburg, VA?

Percentile spread

For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $48,870 and the 90th percentile is $74,400. The difference is $25,530, which is 41.6% 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 $56,870 to the 75th at $70,350, covers $13,480.

The mean annual wage is $61,650, which sits above the median of $61,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lynchburg, VA median is 4.7% lower than the national median of $64,400 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,675, which is 6.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.5% lower than the Virginia median of $64,920.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lynchburg, VA is 89.363, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $68,675 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

33 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Lynchburg, VA ranks 22nd of 34 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).).

• Roanoke, VA is 40 miles away, with a median of $61,210 and employment of 950. That median is 0.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,383, against $68,675 here.
• Charlottesville, VA is 53 miles away, with a median of $67,120 and employment of 350. That median is 9.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,698, against $68,675 here.
• Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is 55 miles away, with a median of $64,680 and employment of 270. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,977, against $68,675 here.

Employment share

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses accounts for 0.59% of wage-and-salary employment in Lynchburg, VA (570 of 97,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.42% of employment (648,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.41 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.