SALARY · LICENSED PRACTICAL AND LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES · COLORADO

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses salary in Colorado

If Colorado is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses was $73,880. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$73,880

$36 per hour at the median · That is $9,480 (14.7 percent) above the national median of $64,400 for this occupation.

$70,820Mean annual salary
$34Mean hourly wage
$4,920People employed in this job in Colorado

Salary range

25th: $61,890Median: $73,88075th: $79,800
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$61,890
Median (50th percentile)$73,880
75th percentile$79,800
Mean$70,820

The middle half of workers earned from $61,890 to $79,800 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$58,262 a year
$4,855 a month
Federal tax $7,424 · FICA $5,652 · State tax $2,542

Caveat: the Colorado worksheet was retrieved via a reproduction, not a direct tax.colorado.gov page, and TABOR refunds are excluded.

The Denver occupational privilege tax is a flat dollar charge and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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