The Great Plains region is a WEAK one for licensed practical nurse pay, with annual mean wage levels in all states in the region falling below the national average for all LPNs and LVNs. Moreover, two states in the region, Missouri and South Dakota, were among the ten worst states in the nation for licensed practical nurse annual mean wage levels. Recently released May 2022 employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that there were over 632,000 licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in the U.S. Also known as licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) in some parts of the country, LPNs comprise one of the largest healthcare occupations in the country. Approximately 49,000 of those licensed practical nurse jobs were in the seven-state Great Plains region of the country. BLS data from May 2022 reveals the following about LPN employment in the Great Plains region of the U.S.: https://lnkd.in/gdQfmf8b #nursing #healthcare #healthcarejobs Raj Peterson, Beverly Morgan, Callie Maderos, Layla Eskenazy
