What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

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?

[minnesotamom]

Who knew. Well, if I was making 150k as a regular RN, there would be no NP school for me.

[Jules A, MSN]

I make about $300 per hour or $200k+ working 4 days, 8 hours per week, just billing insurance. If some physician is paying you less, you're getting ripped off. I'm a PMHNP.

Uhhhh did anyone get that these numbers aren't even close to adding up based on a 32h week?

[angie16451]

Where is an easy place to look to see typical insurance payments on types of visits. I am trying to negotiate and this would be helpful and I am having a hard time finding it.

[DrZaphod, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, NP]

The physician owner takes a percentage for the office space.

[DrZaphod, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, NP]

The reason is because the $300 per hour is outpatient. Then I have side things like training fellowship-MDs for significantly more, doing Fitness for Duty evals for a lot more, etc. You're right, though, I didn't state it well. Key point is for around 32 hours per week, you should make at least $200k.

[DrZaphod, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, NP]

There isn't one, it's difficult. One of the problems is that, even in independent states that don't restrict patient choice, insurance companies do it anyway. They may not panel NPs and they may pay as low as half as they would to physicians, despite not passing on the savings to patients. These things are changing, but slowly. You can negotiate after a year or so, if you see a lot of insurance patients. I got mine raised to about $70 per patient, but they started at $35 .

[kegreat]

FNP- new grad

Jersey City, NJ

Accepted 98k yrly for 40 hrs/wk

Offered 55-60/hr for urgent care

Salary position has 20 days PTO, 1k licensing fees, 1 wk and 1k for CE, health benefits. Waiting to see about 401k and matching.

[ACNP2017]

Any ER NPS??

[DrZaphod, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, NP]

Madglee,

Where exactly do you work? PM if you can. Wouldnt mind moving if I could make numbers like that only working 40hrs/week.

I'm in California. Sorry for the 4 year late response.

[DrZaphod, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, NP]

It would be SUPER helpful if some Missouri NP's would comment. I haven't seen a SINGLE one

I'm originally from St. Louis. Went to SLU. I worked in MO/IL for awhile but the archaic, draconian regulations on NP practice were intolerable. I left the state for that reason. I was being undervalued and underpaid and had little recourse as the physician collaborator has to sign charts, be within 30 miles, no CSII Rx, it was ridiculous.

[Jules A, MSN]

Wow, my $70/hr PMHNP at a child/adol clinic in CT (aka expensive state), is seeming really, really low now!

It is.

[NHGN]

Well crud! I also rounded per diem on an IP floor. They told me they were lowering my APRN rate by 1/3. I pushed back. Found out today that they don't need me anymore. Oh well - I'm still glad I pushed back!

I'm considering looking into a p/t telepsych position to cover what I had made. Not to hijack this thread, but anybody do that?