Approximately 11% of NPs earn up to $75K per year; 36% earn $100K to $125K per year; and 5% earn > $175K per year. The mean, full-time salary in 2018 was $106K per year.1 Similar to responses of previous years, women earn less than men in the NP profession.
Among NPs working in Psychiatric/Mental Health, we found that 28% earn between $125K to $150K per year, down 2% from last year. According to Pay Scale, the average salary for a Psychiatric NP is approximately $104K per year but varies according to job location.2 Although most NPs feel they are adequately compensated, we found that of NPs who practice in Pediatrics, 19% earn less than $75K per year, virtually unchanged from last year.
- NP Fact Sheet. 2018 AANP National Nurse Practitioner Sample Survey. https://www.aanp.org/about/all-about-nps/np-fact-sheet. Accessed December 19, 2019.
- Pay Scale. https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Psychiatric_Nurse_Practitioner_(NP)/Salary. Accessed December 18, 2019.
WORKWEEK
Job satisfaction, and its opposite, burnout are related to your workload (ie, what you do and how much autonomy you have in deciding how to proceed). To help us evaluate these factors, we asked your colleagues to indicate how many hours per week are typically spent in direct (examine/diagnose/treat) and indirect patient care (perform and interpret labs, x-rays, refill prescriptions, etc), administrative duties, meetings, and teaching.
We were also interested in whether you assess, treat, and manage decisions
- Independently/by yourself
- In direct contact (in person or by phone) with a collaborating physician
- In consultation with a specialist
when providing patient care. Multiple answer choices were permitted.
To see what your colleagues said, go to the next page