The annual salary statistics of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $63,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $91,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $101,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $101,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,260.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $77,150 | 3.75% | 25.56% |
| 2021 | $74,260 | -1.40% | - |
| 2020 | $75,300 | 12.74% | - |
| 2019 | $65,710 | 5.34% | - |
| 2018 | $62,200 | 2.52% | - |
| 2017 | $60,630 | 2.33% | - |
| 2016 | $59,220 | 1.91% | - |
| 2015 | $58,090 | -0.41% | - |
| 2014 | $58,330 | 1.87% | - |
| 2013 | $57,240 | -0.33% | - |
| 2012 | $57,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $77,150, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $77,600). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is .6 percent (.6%) lower.