City of Baltimore / Hlth-Health Department (026) / Licensed Practical Nurse
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
1 employees hold this title in Hlth-Health Department (026). Median total compensation for the role is $47,627, above the department median of $46,799.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — about 5,120 people — is $74,860. Hlth-Health Department (026) pays a median base salary of $47,627 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Hlth-Health Department (026)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — about 648,410 people — is $64,400. Hlth-Health Department (026)’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Hlth-Health Department (026) is $47,627, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Licensed Practical Nurse is held in 3 City of Baltimore departments. In Hlth-Health Department (026), the median of $47,627 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Licensed Practical Nurse role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $3,153 ranks #18 of 19. See Licensed Practical Nurse across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Licensed Practical Nurse roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Licensed Practical Nurse/Hlth-Health Department (026)
Source-specific fields
Donald Walls works as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Hlth-Health Department (026). Their tenure dates to 1994, about 23 years. Donald earned $47,627 in 2017.