Utah / Department of Corrections / Licensed Practical Nurse
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
1 employee holds this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $92,191, above the department median of $87,386.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses — about 1,680 people — is $63,230. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $43,822 for this role, 31% below that figure — about the 16th 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 Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Corrections’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. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 32% 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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Corrections is $92,191, 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 4 Utah departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $92,191 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Licensed Practical Nurse role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $34,886 ranks #12 of 19. See Licensed Practical Nurse across all of Utah →
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.
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Licensed Practical Nurse/Department of Corrections
Source-specific fields
Trudee Sandall is a Licensed Practical Nurse at Department of Corrections within Comp & Excess Pool. 2019 total compensation came to $92,191.