I'm not asking for a link to salaries.com or anything... I just want to know what sort of salary the average NP makes. It can be a quote you got from an interview, the one you started out with as a new grad, even a job listing, anything... but we have to be able to be open about this sort of thing or else ranks of new NPs won't know where to start.
As such, I'm thinking that when I graduate next year I would like to start for no less than $75,000. Is that too much or too little? Sure, there are saturated markets, but as far as I can see Atlanta isn't one of them. However, we're also the SE where RN salaries aren't anything to write home about (new grads start at $22). With that in mind, I would like to think that I can make more as an NP than as an RN working full-time.
So just looking at that number, $75K... is that realistic? I just want something I can start with and negotiate.
If I find any helpful numbers I'll post them. So far, looking at job listings, nothing is posted. It's too much of a dirty little secret, apparently.
Maybe its because I've been an NP for years already, but if I had a choice between seeing 40-50 pts per day for six figures and 15-20 per day for 50-60K, there would be no contest in my opinion (yes, I would go for less money). If someplace doesn't pay what I think I need, and if it was a job I wanted, I would negotiate to pro-rate the number of pts downward, no call, perhaps 4 days per week, or something to that effect. I would not work as hard as everyone else for less pay than I need. It depends on the job, really.
In all honesty, 75,000 doesn't sound unreasonable, but depends on what type of job, etc.
PackMule
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Maybe its because I've been an NP for years already, but if I had a choice between seeing 40-50 pts per day for six figures and 15-20 per day for 50-60K, there would be no contest in my opinion (yes, I would go for less money). If someplace doesn't pay what I think I need, and if it was a job I wanted, I would negotiate to pro-rate the number of pts downward, no call, perhaps 4 days per week, or something to that effect. I would not work as hard as everyone else for less pay than I need. It depends on the job, really.
In all honesty, 75,000 doesn't sound unreasonable, but depends on what type of job, etc.