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?
This definitely motivates me. I intend to start an FNP program soon, but market saturation in southern California scares me. This is definitely encouraging.
Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? MN, urban
Are you independent or in a group? group
How many years experience? 8 years RN, will start first NP position when I graduate in August
What is your before tax paycheck amount? $3,923
Monthly or bi-weekly? bi-weekly
Salary/hourly/other(explain)? salary
Avg hours on check? 40/wk
What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) 4 weeks PTO, $3,000 CME with paid days to attend conferences, discounted parking, health insurance benefits paid 100% for employee (reasonable for family with no copays if seen at hospital clinic), 6% 401a contribution (fully vested in 3 years)
What type NP are you? FNP - Nephrology Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? MN urban Are you independent or in a group? group How many years experience? 8 years RN, will start first NP position when I graduate in August What is your before tax paycheck amount? $3,923 Monthly or bi-weekly? bi-weekly Salary/hourly/other(explain)? salary Avg hours on check? 40/wk What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) 4 weeks PTO, $3,000 CME with paid days to attend conferences, discounted parking, health insurance benefits paid 100% for employee (reasonable for family with no copays if seen at hospital clinic), 6% 401a contribution (fully vested in 3 years) Just accepted today!!!![/quote']
That's a great salary for 20 hours a week! Sign me up!
I wish more people from California contributed to this thread. I make more than some of these salaries listed while working the bedside. I'm just hoping I can make around the same amount of money without working nights, weekends, holidays, etc.. This thread kind of makes me want to move out of the California and into a state with lower COL. Somewhere where I could still make 100k and purchase a home for 150k.
I think that getting this info out there will only help NPs. To many NPs accept whatever is offered which is usually way below what they bring into the practice.
It seems that the salaries that people are reporting on this thread are much higher than the averages reported by other NP salary surveys. So is it that people earning lower salaries are just not posting on this thread? Or are the salary surveys wrong? The national average is $40-50/hourly for NP's, nothing near the $75-100 that some NP's reportedly are making.
For the record, as a first year NP I started out at $45/hour which should go up to $50 in 2014.
You can purchase a beautiful home in Georgia for 150k but you cannot make 100k. Well, you could but you would kill yourself working 2 full time jobs! Plus nobody here will pay overtime anymore that I have found!
I am making $120k but that's only because I'm holding down 2 part time jobs in addition to my full time job as an NP. I'd love to be able to make that much while working only 40 hours!
Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? Midwest, Urban
Are you independent or in a group? Group
How many years experience? 2 months
What is your before tax paycheck amount? $5600.00
Monthly or bi-weekly? Biweekly
Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Salary, $145,600.00
Avg hours on check? 80 (really like 72-75 actually worked)
What are the perks of your contract? (ie. PTO/vacation/bonuses) Free health, vision, and dental insurance for self and family, company paid premiums. PTO/Vacation not great.
I tried to PM you but your inbox is full. I had a couple of questions for you regarding your position. I live in the midwest as well and will be graduating with my PMHNP in a couple of years so any help you can give about classes, clinicals, ANCC exam and job salaries, etc would be great!! Thanks!!
I wish more people from California contributed to this thread.
Wish granted!
What type NP are you? Adult
Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? Urban, California
Are you independent or in a group? FQHC/ primary care with integrated behavioral health program
How many years experience? 2 as NP, 0 RN
What is your before tax paycheck amount? $3800
Monthly or bi-weekly? Biweekly
Salary/hourly/other(explain)? Salary 93k + gov't loan repayment 50k over 2 years (after taxes)
Avg hours on check? 80
What are the perks of your contract? Not great. 3 wks vacation, 3 days PTO for CME but no stipend, a few hours of admin time q2weeks, HMO medical, cheap dental and vision, malpractice and DEA are covered, either 6 or 8% 401k matching. Up to 25 patients/day which I think is ridiculous but other local clinics see more. (They also get paid a lot more!)
ProgressiveThinking, MSN, CRNA
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This definitely motivates me. I intend to start an FNP program soon, but market saturation in southern California scares me. This is definitely encouraging.