How people get into Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

What it takes to do this work

This one is licensed. You would need Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurse. Financial aid is available for it. We do not hold how long it takes or what it costs, and WorkOne can tell you both for free.

Financial aid means you may not pay this yourself. WorkOne checks what you qualify for at no cost and no obligation, and it is worth doing before you rule anything out on price.

The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Nursing Assistants Employers often ask for: Certified Nursing Assistant aid available I do this now →	$38,880	+$28,320	Named career step
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other No licence we can see I do this now →	$53,000	+$14,200	Named career step
Orderlies No licence we can see I do this now →	$40,420	+$26,780	Named career step
Medical Assistants Employers often ask for: Certified Medical Assistant aid available I do this now →	$46,900	+$20,300	Named career step
Psychiatric Technicians No licence we can see I do this now →	$44,710	+$22,490	Named career step
Psychiatric Aides No licence we can see I do this now →	$45,080	+$22,120	Named career step
Surgical Assistants No licence we can see I do this now →	$56,120	+$11,080	Named career step
Medical Transcriptionists No licence we can see I do this now →	$46,790	+$20,410	Named career step

Named career step Lightcast lists this as a career step from your kind of work, based on the skills the two jobs share and what local employers hire for. It is the strongest signal we have, though it is not a record of individual people moving.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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