What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

Specialties NP Nursing Q/A

Hi everyone. I'm curious as to see what an actual paycheck (before taxes) looks like from an NP. I find salary websites to be not very helpful. So...

What type NP are you?

Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice?

Are you independent or in a group?

How many years experience?

What is your before tax paycheck amount?

Monthly or bi-weekly?

Salary/hourly/other(explain)?

Avg hours on check?

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses)

I know this is very personal, but if you are able to provide input, I would appreciate it! I'm mainly interested also to see after the gov/operational costs etc have taken their share, how much are you left with?

Maybe you should shadow NPs first prior to making that determination. I do medication management. Counseling is of no interest to me, although I do psychoeducation all the time. Most programs do not adequately prepare you for that anyway. I work in community mental health and it is very fast paced and I spend my time juggling unexpected interruptions from case managers and therapist needing my assistance to put out lots of fires. One day I was petitioning 3 patients all at once within 45 minutes, trying to juggle calls to the local authorities for assistance as only two were cooperative. More recently, I felt threatened and stalked by a psychotic patient. I see those that are recently released from prison, like yesterday, after long stints for horrific crimes. My population is highly drug seeking and come up with the most creative ways to make their case for benzos and stimulants. Some seem to be studying the DSM out in the parking lot. I serve a highly marginalized population (multiple sub-cultures really) that the average nurse might never know exists. Yet, I truly enjoy my work and learn something new everyday. Please know that there are more cushier, less stressful, jobs than the one I have. With Psych you can work in multiple settings. It all depends on what you want to do. Get your education and write your own ticket!

Where do you work? Sounds like a regular day in Phoenix Psych.

Specializes in Mom/baby; Pediatrics; Public Health; etc.

This post is AWESOME!!! I found it very enlightening, motivating and educational. I am currently in my 3rd semester of an FNP program in Milwaukee, WI. I am totally interested in Derm and hoping to relocate to AZ upon passing boards. Any sugestions for breaking into the world of Derm? I currently work in a Family Practice clinic, I have been a nurse for 10 years. Any pointers would be much appreciated as well as how to go about the move. Also interested in Peds/women's health...any NP's from those specialties I would love to hear from you!

This is a great post to remind us of all the specialties that are out there! As a Student NP, I love seeing all the options!

Maybe you should shadow NPs first prior to making that determination. I do medication management. Counseling is of no interest to me, although I do psychoeducation all the time. Most programs do not adequately prepare you for that anyway. I work in community mental health and it is very fast paced and I spend my time juggling unexpected interruptions from case managers and therapist needing my assistance to put out lots of fires. One day I was petitioning 3 patients all at once within 45 minutes, trying to juggle calls to the local authorities for assistance as only two were cooperative. More recently, I felt threatened and stalked by a psychotic patient. I see those that are recently released from prison, like yesterday, after long stints for horrific crimes. My population is highly drug seeking and come up with the most creative ways to make their case for benzos and stimulants. Some seem to be studying the DSM out in the parking lot. I serve a highly marginalized population (multiple sub-cultures really) that the average nurse might never know exists. Yet, I truly enjoy my work and learn something new everyday. Please know that there are more cushier, less stressful, jobs than the one I have. With Psych you can work in multiple settings. It all depends on what you want to do. Get your education and write your own ticket!

Thank you for all the information. Ive decided to apply to a FNP and psych NP then decide based which program I get accepted into.

What type NP are you? FNP-C, (mostly see patients 65 and older)

Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? California-Urban

Are you independent or in a group? in group

How many years experience? Less than a year

What is your before tax paycheck amount? 117,000 plus bonus per year

Monthly or bi-weekly? Paid bi-weekly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)?

Avg hours on check? 80

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) 4 WEEKS VACATION, 401K, CME,

Anyone work as an FNP in Balt? Was wondering if you can answer the Qs from OP and include job satisfaction- THANKS!

Any new NP grads who are recently employed care to share? I want to know what an exact amount after your taxes, 401k etc are taken out. How much money goes directly to your bank account each paycheck?

Specializes in Emergency.
Any new NP grads who are recently employed care to share? I want to know what an exact amount after your taxes, 401k etc are taken out. How much money goes directly to your bank account each paycheck?

Curious, why would you care what amount goes to their bank account? That is so specific to an individual's financial situation and not going to be reflective of anything that is useful information unless you know the specifics of each benefit program they participate in, their state's tax rates, their W-4 and family situation and much more information.

I understand that this is going to vary individually, but I am still interested to know. I understand that every single person is going to have a different take home amount, just as every person is going to have a different salary. I'm just curious to what a paycheck looks like after everything has been deducted.

It is just as useful as someone telling you their salary. Even though they may be in the same state, it is going to vary widely based upon their benefits or if they own their practice etc.

I just want to know a real life figure of what someone who is an NP has to pay their bills

Specializes in Internal medicine/critical care/FP.

  • What type NP are you? FNP
  • Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? rural, KY
  • Are you independent or in a group? group
  • How many years experience? less than one
  • What is your before tax paycheck amount? 7800
  • Monthly or bi-weekly? monthly
  • Salary/hourly/other(explain)? salary
  • Avg hours on check? 40 per week
  • What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) free health insurance, no vaca, no bonus on the hospitalist contract. a few thousand for cme, all the benefits of providers at the hospital and such. Will start working clinic which will be RVU based, should put me up to 120k for 8 extra hours per weekish.

As a new grad, my full-time take home pay was $1,079 weekly (all from taxes taken out - no benefits deductions). The gross was $1539. Had there been benefits it would have been lower. Subtract normal bills and student loans and the actual amount I "banked" is even less. I live in a high cost of living area unfortunately. This high salary is not representative of new grads in my area and probably why the position did not work out in the end. Primary care physicians in high demand markets don't want to pay high salaries for newbies. It's ridiculous how hard we have to fight for a fair salary. SMH.....

Resilientnurse,

I read a lot of these post and don't contribute as I am only a second semester PMHNP. This however is one of the best post's I have read on here. This is the passion I hope to practice with when I am finished thanks for all of your hard work to a very undeserved population.

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