NP Salaries/Location/Specialties

harmonizer · Jun 30, 2015

Personally I'd figure at $220,000 contractural would be more like $185,000 if you are paying your own FICA, insurance and lack of vacation time, which is still a nice income, imo.

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No, it is not!! Did you read? She sees 4 pts/hour and works 12-16 hour days. She gets paid per pt she sees. well I just read again-- $220k after tax.. I guess it is possible if you work that long hour and see so many patients but personally I would not do it.

carachel2 · Jul 1, 2015

The bottom line is NPs CAN make great money. But please don't come on here before you are even an NP and bait us all with "I know NPs making $220K" when you've never even worked as an NP AND you are quoting stats from NP that are not a true salary profile. Please come back here and report on an NP who is working a standard 40 hrs per week with maybe 4-6 hrs of admin time and THEN we will all ooh and ahh over those stats. Until then, you are simply quoting the salary rate for someone who works a TON of overtime and heck, even a janitor can crank in great money if they are working 16 hr days. Your numbers do not impress me at all.

To the psych NPs making $150K...that's AWESOME and I *do* know you are earning every single dime and I do know those numbers reflect the hard work and stress of your job. Thanks and we need more of you!

carachel2 · Jul 1, 2015

Its always interesting to me that more of the experienced NPs aren't willing to jump in on discussions like this. I have to wonder if it isn't because they didn't negotiate to get a decent wage?
To send our new grads out without a clue on how to negotiate and what to expect for compensation doesn't help anyone, imo. It doesn't cost me anything if they make a good rate and I definitely don't want people willing to work for significantly less.

Any family practice MD in my state would LAUGH at a new grad coming in and demanding 220K based on "salary surveys" from "all over". I mean seriously. It's laughable. I started around 88K as a new family practice grad and was raised to 92K within six months..which I negotiated in the beginning. Please don't tell me I didn't negotiate to get a decent wage.

Jules A, MSN · Jul 2, 2015

Any family practice MD in my state would LAUGH at a new grad coming in and demanding 220K based on "salary surveys" from "all over". I mean seriously. It's laughable. I started around 88K as a new family practice grad and was raised to 92K within six months..which I negotiated in the beginning. Please don't tell me I didn't negotiate to get a decent wage.

Look I don't know your area, your specialty, what constitutes a decent wage in your area or give a rip if you negotiated a decent wage or not. But in all sincerity thank you for sharing your salary as it will likely help someone have a better idea of what NPs can make.

I do know my area and what psychiatric NPs can make here. Both you and your family practice MDs can laugh at whatever tickles you. I don't see anyone suggesting a new grad "demand" $220,000 and would love to see a janitor make that figure. All I can continue to share is that I absolutely did hold firm that I would require $150,000 for my first NP job based on the wages I knew other NPs at that practice and in my area were making thanks to their willingness to disclose their salary. No "salary surveys from all over" involved.

carachel2 · Jul 2, 2015

Look I don't know your area, your specialty, what constitutes a decent wage in your area or give a rip if you negotiated a decent wage or not. But in all sincerity thank you for sharing your salary as it will likely help someone have a better idea of what NPs can make.
I do know my area and what psychiatric NPs can make here. Both you and your family practice MDs can laugh at whatever tickles you. I don't see anyone suggesting a new grad "demand" $220,000 and would love to see a janitor make that figure. All I can continue to share is that I absolutely did hold firm that I would require $150,000 for my first NP job based on the wages I knew other NPs at that practice and in my area were making thanks to their willingness to disclose their salary. No "salary surveys from all over" involved.

Jules...my post was never meant in response to you. I apologize if it seemed that way. I have no doubt a psych NP can start at that rate...I've kept up with the market value for psych NPs. I was referring to the original poster who was talking about $220K from a psych NP who was working 16 hr days and was acting like she thought that was just great. In reality, any of us could make that money if we worked 1.5 or 2 jobs which is essentially what this NP is doing.

Jules A, MSN · Jul 2, 2015

J In reality, any of us could make that money if we worked 1.5 or 2 jobs which is essentially what this NP is doing.

Thanks for responding and yes, if my math is correct a gross of $220,000 a year working 60 hours a week is roughly $70 an hour which is a nice wage but nothing earth shattering. I would also guess the OPs statement that $220,000 is a net figure is incorrect.

2k15NurseExtern4u, BSN, RN · Jul 5, 2015

UGH!! Yall totally hi-jacked this thread... shut up already.

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Jul 5, 2015

UGH!! Yall totally hi-jacked this thread... shut up already.

I smell a troll.

Jules A, MSN · Jul 5, 2015

UGH!! Yall totally hi-jacked this thread... shut up already.

Lol, yeah and not really even a hijack anyway, imo. ROFL.

gettingbsn2msn, MSN, RN · Jul 5, 2015

Not worth it!!! The more you make, the more they take. Live your life. You only go around once. How much do you really need? That said, you do need to earn your worth.

CocoaLoverFNP · Jul 6, 2015

I'd disagree that it isn't realistic for someone at the high end of our pay scale. If my math is correct its only $105 an hour for a 40h week, right? Although I work different jobs my average hourly rate is $95 an hour so I'd be close if I chose to only work 40h a week M-F.

Hi Jules, do you mind sharing the city and state where you are currently working? I apologize if I didn't read the previous posts on this thread, if you already metnioned it. I'm just curious because I have never met an NP making thay much money. You're so lucky!

WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN · Jul 6, 2015

Thank you for this thread. I read a statistic today on one of the urgent care association web sites that states "midlevels" (they meant PAs AND NPs) average $55/hr. That sounds great to me, but my area (South Carolina) is under the national level and I think that after working as an RN for almost 15 years I'm only just under what they'd start me as when I graduate next year. I have a job interview already for a position in an Urgent care my hospital is building. I'm quite interested, but I wanted to go in armed with plenty of information. I know they are quite interested in me because the medical director wants to mentor me and prepare me for the role (teaching me techniques I'd need in that setting that I'm not learning in my FNP program, e.g. suturing, I&D, etc.)

In your opinion, should I ask for that? Higher? Lower? As an ER RN last year I cleared 70k. The highest in my area for FNPs is 83k/yr