NP Salaries?

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  1. What is your salary BEFORE taxes?

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      $60,000-64,999
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      $65,000-69,999
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      $70,000-74,999
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      $74,999-79,999
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      $80,000-84,999
    • 1
      $85,000-89,999
    • 3
      $90,000-94,999
    • 4
      $95,000-99,999
    • 3
      $100,000-104,999
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      $105,000-109,999
    • 2
      $110,000-114,999
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      $115,000-119,999
    • 2
      $120,000-124,999
    • 1
      $125,000-129,999
    • 4
      $130,000+

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Salary median and average websites, I feel, are pretty deceiving. I'm a student looking at nursing and was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their NP salary?

To all who are willing, is it okay if you could provide the following?

Pay Period: Bi-weekly/weekly etc?

Typical Paycheck in $ (after taxes):

Experience (as an RN/NP or CNA/LPN and the like):

Specialty:

Thanks so much to all who are willing to share such personal information! I greatly appreciate it!

If you don't feel comfortable with posting but are willing to contribute incognito, there is a poll below!

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I love that you are doing your research ahead of time and aren't afraid to ask the hard hitting questions. Definitely google information on compensation, taxes and investing outside of the nursing arena so you have a better idea of what matters because some of your questions are irrelevant and will cloud the meat and potatoes and trust me in life its all about getting to the bottom line:

Pay Period: Bi-weekly/weekly etc?

Who cares? Its the yearly gross that you need to know

Typical Paycheck in $ (after taxes)

Again who cares? This will be variable based on the number of exemptions, benefits cost, payroll deductions for things like retirement. You want to know the gross based on a full time 40h a week projection.

Also your survey needs a serious uptick in the maximum amount. My base salary is just over $180,000 and I end up grossing just over $200,000 a year with weekend, call etc. so checking off $130,000 or greater doesn't give you a decent idea of the actual range and insults me to have to be in that category, lol.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Annual income is all that matters at this point in life. I'm in the 28% federal tax bracket. Of note, after 118,000 you stop paying Social Security for the year. Awesome!

150,000 base salary plus productivity so far this year of about 34,000 so if I see no more patients this year I'll have made/will make 184,000 since Jan. 1 plus maybe 6-8,000 more since the last check, deposit. I'd have already hit 200 if the summer hadn't been so sporifice.

5 years nursing combined RN slavery and NP Freedman status.

I did check the 130k+ box.

Take whatever hourly rate you think you want need and multiply by 2080. That's the typical American work year. Or take your ideal salary and divide by 12, 26, or 52. Find the IRS tax bracket and remove another 7.65% for entitlement contributions. I'm sure you can also Google your state's income tax if it has one. Try to throw back another at least15% give or take for your own retirement savings/investing. Now, you can daydream about life.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Interestingly, as a RN I made substantially less than your survey and as a NP a whole other playing field more. Weird how life works. Next year, I might be working as a bouncer or something. You never know.

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I am in PMHNP school. What State do you work in and what population?

Thank you!

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Me:

The South.

3-death? My oldest is 80+

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Specializes in ER, PCU, UCC, Observation medicine.
I love that you are doing your research ahead of time and aren't afraid to ask the hard hitting questions. Definitely google information on compensation, taxes and investing outside of the nursing arena so you have a better idea of what matters because some of your questions are irrelevant and will cloud the meat and potatoes and trust me in life its all about getting to the bottom line:

Pay Period: Bi-weekly/weekly etc?

Who cares? Its the yearly gross that you need to know

Typical Paycheck in $ (after taxes)

Again who cares? This will be variable based on the number of exemptions, benefits cost, payroll deductions for things like retirement. You want to know the gross based on a full time 40h a week projection.

Also your survey needs a serious uptick in the maximum amount. My base salary is just over $180,000 and I end up grossing just over $200,000 a year with weekend, call etc. so checking off $130,000 or greater doesn't give you a decent idea of the actual range and insults me to have to be in that category, lol.

Jules, are you Psych? What do you do?

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
Jules, are you Psych? What do you do?

Yes, I do medication management only.

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Specializes in ER, PCU, UCC, Observation medicine.
Yes, I do medication management only.

Well, sign me up!!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Me too!

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hello all! I have the same question as well if you all dont mind me chiming into this conversation. I got an offer but am confuse on what is the best offer given to me. A new job that I interviewed are offering me 95K annually. Is this too low? or just about right? location is in california in peds population. Please share me your thoughts, as i am still a novice np. Thanks in advance. FYI if you dont feel comfortable in writing it...i am open to msg as well.

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While I am just finishing up my MSN and (by fault of my own) will have to enter a DNP program to finish NP certification, I am in the Midwest and can chime in as well.FNP- average about 86-96k/year fresh out of school. Most work in family practice brings about 86-90k, while those taking jobs in specialty areas are making mid90s+. Figure in raises yearly.PMHNP- a few jobs in the area right now, mostly medication management (like Jules does) and are starting around 120k. One job that I looked at starts at 135k, 4 day workweek, federal loan forgiveness, full benefits, 3k for continuing ed, and a stipend for . it's 30 minutes from my house and if I were ANYWHERE near done I'd apply! In the Midwest, FNPs are still applying for and filling many psych jobs due to severe shortage of PMHNPs.

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