NP salaries by state
Published wages for employed nurse practitioners in the United States, all 50 states and DC. Compare markets and see where a salary offer falls.
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United States
Employed nurse practitioners · SOC 29-1171 · May 2025
Median annual wage
$132,300
- Mean
- $137,300
- Middle 50%
- $117,990 to $156,700
- Estimated NP jobs
- 323,040
- Wage RSE
- 0.3%
Wage RSE is the relative standard error of the mean wage, the BLS measure of how precise the survey estimate is. Lower is more reliable.
Wage distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $101,340 | $117,990 | $132,300 | $156,700 | $174,420 |
Published percentiles are benchmarks, not experience levels or guaranteed offers.
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Annual wages for employed NPs in all 50 states and DC. Select a column heading to sort; select a state to show it above.
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| $137,300 | $132,300 | $101,340 | $117,990 | $156,700 | $174,420 | 323,040 | |
| $176,760 | $168,520 | $120,340 | $145,980 | $209,350 | $240,830 | 25,120 | |
| $155,780 | $155,680 | $124,660 | $134,840 | $168,700 | $194,070 | 2,820 | |
| $155,750 | $159,310 | $122,390 | $136,740 | $170,530 | $183,420 | 9,950 | |
| $153,900 | $153,510 | $112,730 | $132,490 | $170,290 | $198,060 | 22,890 | |
| $152,320 | $142,440 | $111,950 | $132,460 | $168,100 | $207,710 | 8,070 | |
| $152,180 | $156,100 | $122,420 | $129,670 | $169,500 | $187,240 | 6,700 | |
| $149,120 | $155,170 | $95,570 | $126,080 | $172,000 | $207,490 | 710 | |
| $146,470 | $135,880 | $115,200 | $125,490 | $160,950 | $180,300 | 680 | |
| $143,510 | $137,520 | $106,320 | $124,740 | $160,950 | $175,020 | 1,770 | |
| $143,150 | $135,970 | $111,420 | $131,310 | $163,450 | $176,410 | 1,180 | |
| $142,910 | $135,570 | $106,450 | $124,530 | $165,810 | $174,350 | 550 | |
| $142,340 | $138,470 | $109,930 | $124,870 | $160,700 | $173,810 | 3,750 | |
| $140,600 | $134,420 | $104,400 | $126,880 | $159,780 | $173,270 | 7,220 | |
| $139,400 | $134,740 | $108,510 | $127,340 | $157,000 | $167,610 | 700 | |
| $138,070 | $137,550 | $106,070 | $125,030 | $155,620 | $166,240 | 1,770 | |
| $137,410 | $140,670 | $85,380 | $110,160 | $161,760 | $172,170 | 1,930 | |
| $137,060 | $130,920 | $102,980 | $120,740 | $150,940 | $175,220 | 2,740 | |
| $136,940 | $130,160 | $107,990 | $122,720 | $141,940 | $167,590 | 3,240 | |
| $135,890 | $133,260 | $98,950 | $111,750 | $155,260 | $170,140 | 7,780 | |
| $135,290 | $137,210 | $105,110 | $123,260 | $151,860 | $166,940 | 1,260 | |
| $135,160 | $131,980 | $106,320 | $123,410 | $147,970 | $166,260 | 5,160 | |
| $134,210 | $130,260 | $107,820 | $120,830 | $141,440 | $166,740 | 1,650 | |
| $134,200 | $133,390 | $99,490 | $122,530 | $152,330 | $167,950 | 3,620 | |
| $133,420 | $132,540 | $100,480 | $123,920 | $151,600 | $169,710 | 1,750 | |
| $133,360 | $131,110 | $99,920 | $119,660 | $147,140 | $169,330 | 6,710 | |
| $132,900 | $131,040 | $97,450 | $112,020 | $153,050 | $162,870 | 1,430 | |
| $132,790 | $131,450 | $101,640 | $117,990 | $140,850 | $165,870 | 8,290 | |
| $132,680 | $132,200 | $101,970 | $116,430 | $143,420 | $165,250 | 440 | |
| $132,540 | $132,930 | $87,770 | $118,410 | $150,990 | $170,310 | 4,270 | |
| $132,070 | $130,140 | $102,940 | $110,960 | $142,720 | $163,720 | 10,670 | |
| $131,710 | $132,130 | $103,820 | $118,440 | $140,900 | $161,990 | 2,340 | |
| $131,420 | $131,670 | $96,880 | $113,840 | $147,660 | $161,980 | 25,970 | |
| $130,970 | $129,930 | $100,650 | $119,910 | $144,640 | $162,060 | 7,710 | |
| $130,940 | $130,680 | $102,440 | $113,320 | $142,000 | $161,470 | 9,270 | |
| $130,870 | $128,990 | $103,530 | $114,260 | $142,180 | $164,320 | 9,800 | |
| $130,410 | $129,510 | $101,920 | $112,380 | $137,610 | $163,600 | 21,790 | |
| $130,260 | $125,660 | $99,420 | $105,450 | $137,550 | $205,810 | 3,970 | |
| $129,060 | $127,810 | $99,990 | $109,180 | $139,500 | $161,470 | 7,110 | |
| $128,800 | $129,430 | $99,160 | $110,360 | $141,240 | $166,060 | 10,460 | |
| $127,940 | $126,650 | $98,330 | $108,460 | $133,940 | $158,080 | 3,780 | |
| $126,780 | $127,320 | $100,220 | $108,520 | $133,220 | $155,500 | 2,550 | |
| $126,630 | $125,600 | $99,050 | $109,850 | $135,610 | $159,570 | 5,380 | |
| $126,600 | $128,830 | $101,790 | $111,310 | $135,990 | $155,260 | 7,450 | |
| $126,370 | $130,070 | $103,490 | $107,290 | $135,620 | $162,020 | 1,290 | |
| $125,340 | $124,730 | $98,780 | $106,660 | $134,020 | $156,830 | 4,690 | |
| $125,160 | $128,840 | $103,080 | $108,190 | $136,180 | $156,000 | 1,020 | |
| $125,010 | $122,870 | $95,710 | $106,240 | $132,720 | $162,960 | 4,770 | |
| $124,170 | $123,290 | $97,080 | $107,930 | $132,220 | $160,170 | 5,670 | |
| $122,910 | $124,870 | $100,780 | $106,670 | $134,750 | $154,680 | 15,400 | |
| $115,510 | $117,590 | $82,790 | $102,640 | $130,330 | $137,880 | 12,150 | |
| $110,970 | $105,750 | $86,300 | $97,960 | $123,970 | $134,650 | 5,640 |
Middle 50% is the 25th to 75th percentile. Wages are not adjusted for cost of living. The United States row is BLS’s own national estimate; it is calculated separately from the state figures.
W-2 and 1099 need different comparisons
Employee wage benchmark
$137,300 mean
$132,300 median; $66.01 hourly mean.
BLS measures straight-time gross wages and specified incentive pay. Benefits, overtime and on-call pay are excluded. Annual figures use 2,080 hours and are not each worker’s actual annual earnings.
Read the survey definitions1099 national average
Not established
No comparable, recent, public NP-only national 1099 mean or median was verified in the reviewed primary sources. OEWS cannot supply it because self-employment is excluded.
Contract billings must cover unpaid time, expenses and benefits that an employer may otherwise provide. Confirm whether a locum offer is W-2 or 1099; temporary work alone does not establish tax status.
AANP compensation researchContract billings
Illustrative gross contract revenue from a quoted rate. It is not a national wage estimate, take-home pay or a W-2 equivalent. To subtract unpaid time and expenses, use the offer and pay analyzer.
Rate × billable hours × paid weeks. Before tax, business expenses and benefits.
Advertised NP locum examples (observed September 21, 2026)
Examples observed in CompHealth’s NP listings on September 21, 2026. These are advertised ranges. Accepted pay can differ, and the examples are neither a representative survey nor verified 1099 averages.
| NP role / location | Advertised hourly range |
|---|---|
| Family practice · Ferndale, WA | $70 to $90 |
| Neonatology · Ohio | $80 to $105 |
| Hospitalist · Columbus, WI | $75 to $100 |
| Cardiology · Great Falls, MT | $85 to $110 |
Sources, population and limitations
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2026. Query: National and statewide areas; cross-industry private, federal, state and local ownership (000000); Nurse Practitioners (29-1171); all data types. All 51 state/DC rows returned wage estimates. The separate national row is preserved.
The occupation is defined by the job, not a separate certification survey. This page does not pool other nursing occupations. OEWS includes full-time and part-time wage-and-salary workers. Annualized wage estimates, specialty surveys, taxable W-2 totals and gross contractor revenue are different measures.
The relative standard error (RSE) indicates sampling precision. Smaller is more precise. Percentiles, hourly values and annual values are reproduced as published; independent rounding can cause small differences when multiplying hourly values by 2,080. Mode is not supplied and has not been estimated from the mean and median.
These are dated data snapshots with live source links. The page does not automatically refresh BLS releases or job listings. AANP’s current public report index identifies a 2024 compensation report with restricted full-report access; its unpublished tables have not been imputed. LocumTenens.com’s public 2024 survey states that its compensation results describe full-time permanent employees, so those results were not relabeled as contractor pay.
Specialty and setting
Specialty-specific salary data is being built. The figures above use the broader BLS data for the nurse practitioner occupation, which covers every certification and setting. Professional surveys and dated job-posting observations will be added here only when they are sourced, and they will stay separate from the BLS figures.