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?

Specializes in Psychiatry.

NP's should never accept salaries. Work for yourself or bill insurance directly or through your physician collaborator/supervisor if needed. Salaries are very low because the MD/DOs take a huge cut. It takes more work, but will be worth it to only work for $100 or more hourly or fee for service. If we all do this, we will make great strides.

What type NP are you? Psychiatry

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

Are you independent or in a group? Independent w/ physician "supervision"

How many years experience? 5

What is your before tax paycheck amount? 15k every two weeks if lucky, sometimes only 20k monthly

Monthly or bi-weekly? Bi-weekly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Through employer it is per-patient, consulting varies, $1600 for a 2 hour evaluation at one place, others I do not accept less than $100/hourly

Avg hours on check? 40

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) Don't have one

NP's should never accept salaries. Work for yourself or bill insurance directly or through your physician collaborator/supervisor if needed. Salaries are very low because the MD/DOs take a huge cut. It takes more work, but will be worth it to only work for $100 or more hourly or fee for service. If we all do this, we will make great strides.

What type NP are you? Psychiatry

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

Are you independent or in a group? Independent w/ physician "supervision"

How many years experience? 5

What is your before tax paycheck amount? 15k every two weeks if lucky, sometimes only 20k monthly

Monthly or bi-weekly? Bi-weekly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Through employer it is per-patient, consulting varies, $1600 for a 2 hour evaluation at one place, others I do not accept less than $100/hourly

Avg hours on check? 40

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) Don't have one

So then do you pay for your office space or how does that work if you bill directly ?

Specializes in Author/Business Coach.

Wow Madglee,

Those numbers are impressive. I know you're a psych np, but do you have any words of advice for a soon to be fnp grad?

I've always wanted to work for myself and never thought of being an independent contractor, but actually another np recently brought this to my attention.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

What type NP are you? FNP

Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? MA, suburban

Are you independent or in a group? Group ( two MD, two NP, one PA) part of a much larger IPA though

How many years experience? 3

What is your before tax paycheck amount? $2,400 plus quarterly bonus

Monthly or bi-weekly? Weekly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Salary plus bonus

Avg hours on check? 32-36

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) I take home my base salary plus 68% of anything I bill out after my base is subtracted, I work 5 days a week, 3 days a week in the summer, cover hospital 3 days a week in the morning, clinic for the other sessions, 3 weeks off plus one week for conferences with expanses paid to 5k a year (added to base salary).

Specializes in ER.

Type of NP: FNP

I work in very rural area-Michigan: Critical access/rural health urgent care family practice

Graduated last December, fully credentialed by the hospital April 2013

Salary: 83,500

Hours: 36-40 per week, paid bi-weekly

Hospital employee

Perks: health/dental/optical. Matching 401 retirement. Hospital paying back 1/2 my school loans. 6 weeks paid vacation, all licensing fees paid. I pay my own CME because I opted for more vacation time. Other perks, great coworkers, supportive environment, I work very independently but always have back up physicians for consultation.

What type NP are you? FNP

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

Texas

Are you independent or in a group?

Small, privately owned family practice

How many years experience?

3-5

What is your before tax paycheck amount?

varies..just depends on how much I choose to work ;) . Anywhere from 4k-7K

Monthly or bi-weekly?

Monthly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)?

Hourly. If I worked full time 40 hrs per week, my yearly salary would be 97K

Avg hours on check?

84-115

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

CEU, 401K, I take a LOT of time off for family stuff and I flex my schedule whenever I choose to be home with my

kids, take field trips with them, etc.

Specializes in ..

Awesome thread! This is the kind of thing we need to see what is really out there and what we should be aiming for (at least down the road). Can anyone recommend any good resources for the "business" side of the NP role? Great stuff!

Specializes in ED, Cardiac Medicine, Retail Health.

What type NP are you? FNP

Where (state)(rural/urban) Massachusetts, suburban

Are you independent or in a group? Retail Health

How many years experience? 0-1

What is your before tax paycheck amount? $3340

Monthly or bi-weekly? Bi weekly

Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Hourly

Avg hours on check? 60 (work 30 hours a week)

What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) Flexible schedule, 3 weeks vacation and 1 week for continuing education, reimbursed for licensing fee (Mass CSR and DEA), 5% matching 401k, paid , $1500.00 yearly for CME.

Specializes in Home Health, Podiatry, Neurology, Case Mgmt.

I like seeing the information on this thread. It helps because I wouldnt know what to negotiate with added perks. I have saw listings for "brand new grad FNP" with starting salary at 75K (Jacksonville, FL) for a family practice. I cringed as I make 60K as a nurse case manager now. (not that pay is all that important) but if I made 75K and was able to get 4-5wks pd vacation, CEUs, licensing fees, paid insurance, and a flexible schedule for my kids, and some sort of bonus structure I'd be okay negotiating that. Thanks to all of you for putting this info out there. The varying ranges of pay for an NP is crazy but looking more at the benefit side it can be leveled out and this really will help new grads to have a mind set of what benefits they want/need. =)

Specializes in Mental Health.

Thank you everyone for posting. Very helpful information!

Hoping that some PMHNPs will post their info since that's the career I am entering, but it seems like there's not too many psych NPs on here.

I like seeing the information on this thread. It helps because I wouldnt know what to negotiate with added perks. I have saw listings for "brand new grad FNP" with starting salary at 75K (Jacksonville, FL) for a family practice. I cringed as I make 60K as a nurse case manager now. (not that pay is all that important) but if I made 75K and was able to get 4-5wks pd vacation, CEUs, licensing fees, paid insurance, and a flexible schedule for my kids, and some sort of bonus structure I'd be okay negotiating that. Thanks to all of you for putting this info out there. The varying ranges of pay for an NP is crazy but looking more at the benefit side it can be leveled out and this really will help new grads to have a mind set of what benefits they want/need. =)

Since 75k is what they posted, you should definitely ask for higher than that. They always lowball the posted salary. Good luck!

Isnt $700 low for CME? What state is that?

Yes, it's very low. It is an ongoing source of contention with my employer and one that I continue to be promised will be looked at with each new budget. I have been trying to convince my employer to provide a reasonable stipend but it doesn't seem to be a priority.

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