Salary info?

Trauma Columnist · Nov 17, 2008

Can you identify where in the country you are located?

jeepgirl, LPN, NP · Nov 17, 2008

Can you identify where in the country you are located?

south / midwest

Trauma Columnist · Nov 17, 2008

Well, I live in central IL and the going rate for APNs in the hospital is around $65-70 for new grads. If you go to a specialty, you can make about $70-75. This is a pretty rural area and our cost of living isn't considered as high as say, Chicago or St Louis.

UVA Grad Nursing · Nov 17, 2008

My program graduates 30-40 NPs per year, and the starting salary ranges greatly. Among only the Family NP grads who stayed in Virginia, the starting salaries ranged from 48K for someone working in an inner-city clinic specializing in homeless/HIV care to 135K for someone working as the only NP in an ortho clinic. Those with Acute Care NPs are generally working for health centers; most of those with Psych NPs are working in community settings --- and the salaries for those roles vary widely as well.

emtneel · Nov 18, 2008

Did you check out this salary survey?

page 4 has the salary by states listed.

http://nurse-practitioners.advanceweb.com/Article/2007-Salary-Survey-Results-A-Decade-of-Growth-3.aspx

It really is wierd about salary and REALLY is about supply and demand and not necessarily about cost of living.

I mean the job i had in Texas pd 80k+ annual + 34 paid days vacation (thats more than a month!!!) And i was brand new grad first job.

But I had quite a few interviews in Texas and they were all about the same salary give or take a few thousand. I was amazed getting offers like that for a new grad and in all different settings, hospital, pediatric practice, family practice, etc..

But i was told time and again that they just couldn't find anybody. Even one job I was interested in didn't want to fly me out for interview and then i heard from them again begging me to come a few months later...

And the kicker! its dirt cheap to live in Texas, at least compared to Colorado where as a new grad IF you can find a job you start out around 60k is very competitive salary for the area, and the cost of living is MUCh higher in many areas of Colorado.

I could have bought the house i was in, in Texas for 650$/mo. brick house, 2 car garage, huge backyard, new nice neighborhood i think only 4 years old...

Its all about supply and demand.

check out that link though, i think it is pretty accurate compared to the several interviews i had in CA, CO, TX and the offers i received pretty much matched up.

Jo Dirt · Nov 18, 2008

They are paying 100k a year in Cookeville, TN. Down the road in Nashville it is half that.

I didn't believe it when I first heard it but I later found out it is the truth.

jeepgirl, LPN, NP · Nov 18, 2008

They are paying 100k a year in Cookeville, TN. Down the road in Nashville it is half that.
I didn't believe it when I first heard it but I later found out it is the truth.

and that is for a new graduate?

Jo Dirt · Nov 19, 2008

and that is for a new graduate?

I'm almost certain it is.

carachel2 · Nov 20, 2008

In Texas, the new grads I know are being offered 80-95K with some negotiated bonuses based on % profits, etc.

olissima · Feb 10, 2009

in MD I saw a post - 100K for a new grad

MissDoodaw · Feb 10, 2009

Can you tell me in what cities in Texas? I am graduating in August and moving backto San Antonio and I am having a hard time getting a handle on the NP job market.

Thanks!