Members are discussing various aspects of nurse practitioner (NP) programs, salaries, and job satisfaction. Some members are sharing their personal experiences with NP programs and salaries, while others are referencing reports on NP salaries by state and specialty. Additionally, there is a conversation about the perception of certain cities and the impact of location on salary and job satisfaction.
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?
Hi everyone - I am not an NNP yet but graduating in a few weeks so I thought I'd give my two cents. I have 2 offers currently - one for $98K, no PTO, good insurance, $1500 yr/CEUs. The larger metropolitan-area job was starting at around $110K-115k with 2 weeks PTO, same on everything else. To sweetether - I would assume that in So. Cal. you could hit that mark, especially considering that the strong nurses' union pushes salary up for nurses overall and you would be able to say you didn't want to make less than what you would make as a bedside nurse. I could possibly get info on Texas for you - I have a friend graduating in that area of the country.
True - nursing salary has nothing to do with practitioner salary. However, when I negotiated I knew I wasn't going to take less as an NNP that I would as my FT nursing job and that was honored in the offer without any difficulty. I think it also depends on what your specialty is and what demand there is in your area for that specialty. I'm just glad we're talking about this - it seems like when it comes to negotiating new grads are just "glad to have a job" and will take whatever is offered (in my experience).
Much of the "I made more and an RN than an NP" talk is comparing apples to oranges: if you are working night/weekends/overtime as an RN and you make more than an NP working a 40 hour M-F work week than good for you, but its not a salary to salary comparison.
True, and many of my FNP friends cite not working holidays/nights/weekends as a main draw. NNPs still work all of those shifts so for me, my personal benchmark was that I was not going to take less than when I was a bedside nurse, especially with the added liability aspect. I'm not comparing the two jobs and coming up with a number.
I'm not sure - it's pretty standard for my area so I didn't check further. Right now, the NNPs work 10 days/month with occasional transports at night and it's pretty much "the days off are your days off." If I didn't take this job I'd be driving 2-3 hours to work 24 hour shifts so everything is a trade off.
New Grad accepted a Cardiac Thoracic Surgery NP position in LA, 3 12's (1 weekend/month). Salary 127,500/year, 7 hr PTO/pay period, 1 week CEU, $2,000 for educational expenses. Hospital pays for RN, NP, NPI, and DEA. This is the same unit & hospital I work as a RN for 5 years.
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Now only if NP's were reimbursed similar to physicians for providing the same services!