How much do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses make in Worcester, MA?

Percentile spread

For Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $63,530 and the 90th percentile is $97,190. The difference is $33,660, which is 42.6% 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 $73,820 to the 75th at $81,950, covers $8,130.

The mean annual wage is $78,610, which sits below the median of $79,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 22.8% higher than the national median of $64,400 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,114, which is 19.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the Massachusetts median of $80,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Worcester, MA is 102.523, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $77,114 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Worcester, MA ranks 3rd of 22 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 37 miles away, with a median of $78,080 and employment of 220. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,891, against $77,114 here.
• Springfield, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $77,850 and employment of 920. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,042, against $77,114 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $76,090 and employment of 760. That median is 3.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,016, against $77,114 here.

Employment share

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses accounts for 0.58% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (2,030 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.42% of employment (648,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.39 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.