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2 National salary
Survey reporT 2010

The Total
Package

5 State Breakdown
of NP Salaries

6 State Breakdown
of PA Salaries

This report presents the totality of our findings in the 2010 National
Salary Surveys of Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants. This
document contains our salary survey overview plus the focused

7 NP Salaries by
Select Cities
9 PA Salaries by
Select Cities

reports on salary by state, city and academic degree, and the
questionnaire breakdown. We hope you find these data useful in your
salary negotiations.

11 NP Average
Salaries According
to Academic Degree

Data collection for the 2011 National Salary Survey of NPs & PAs
begins in July 2011. Visit our website to participate. Results will be

11 PA Average
Salaries According
to Academic Degree

published in February 2012.

12 NP Salary Survey
Questionnaire
Breakdown

14 PA Salary Survey
Questionnaire
Breakdown
photography by JEFFREY LEESER

July 2011 © Merion Matters Inc.

National
Salary
Report
2010
Inching Forward With
Mixed Results
By Michelle Perron Pronsati and Michael Gerchufsky

➼ Inches forward, inches back. That

Interactive’s survey software. We collected data from
aptly sums up the findings of the 2010 National
Aug. 23 through Nov. 30, 2010. Nearly 3,000 NPs
Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners and the 2010
(2,956) participated in the survey designed for nurse
National Salary Survey of Physician Assistants.
practitioners, and nearly 1,300 PAs (1,276) answered
These surveys, conducted by ADVANCE for NPs
the version created for physician assistants. Because
& PAs, documented small overall salary increases
2010 was the first year that ADVANCE surveyed
for both professions. But they also recorded a 4.5%
both professions, you’ll note some differences in our
drop in hourly pay for NPs who work
reporting due to our longer history of
part time. Given the troubled economy,
gathering data about NP salaries.
Pass
“Go”
and
the findings appear to be encouraging
advance your
National Full-Time
for 2011 and beyond.
profession by taking
Averages
the 2011 National
In terms of full-time
Survey Background
Salary Survey of
Our surveys were conducted using
salaries, PAs make more
NPs & PAs!
online questionnaires created with Zarca
than NPs. PAs earned
Michelle Perron Pronsati and Michael Gerchufsky are the editors of
ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.

Table 1

NP & PA Salaries, 2001–2010
Nurse Practitioners
2010

2009

2007

2005

2003

2001

Average full-time NP salary

$90,770

$89,579

$81,397

$74,812

$69,203

63,172

Average part-time NP hourly rate

$43.77

$45.85

$40.32

$36.80

$33.89

$32.53

Sources: National Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners, conducted in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 by ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners. In 2010, conducted by ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.



Physician Assistants
2010

2009

2007

2005

2003

2001

Average full-time PA salary

$96,876

$93,105*

$86,214*

$81,129*

$76,039*

$71,046*

Average part-time PA hourly rate

$51.11











Sources: National Salary Survey of Physician Assistants, conducted in 2010 by ADVANCE for NPs & PAs; *American Academy of Physician Assistants National Physician Assistant Census Reports for each given year.

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Table 2

2010 Salaries by Practice Setting
Nurse Practitioners*

Physician Assistants

(in descending order by salary; based on 2,956 responses)

(in descending order by salary; based on 1,276 responses)

Primary Work Setting

2010 Salary

2009 Salary

Change in %

Primary Work Setting

2010 Salary

Emergency department

$104,549

$104,369

0.2% increase

Mental health

$116,758

Aesthetics/skin care

$102,547

$105,152

2.5% decrease

Elementary or secondary school

$115,000

Mental health

$100,914

$100,140

0.8% increase

Cardiology practice

$109,030

Cardiology clinic

$100,881

$90,159

11.9% increase

Oncology clinic

$98,327

$88,856

10.6% increase

Aesthetics/dermatology practice

$107,727

Hospital

$93,943

$93,694

0.3% increase

Emergency department

$103,489

Neonatal unit

$93,925

$95,280

1.4% decrease

Surgery

$102,760

Geriatric

$93,668

$91,863

1.9% increase

Hospital unit (other than surgery or emergency
department)

$97,680

House calls

$93,390

$98,915

5.6% decrease

Nursing home, assisted living or long-term care facility

$96,364

Corrections

$91,630

$88,880

3.1% increase

Surgery

$91,511

$90,959

0.6% increase

Worksite

$95,296

Retail clinic

$90,170

$89,049

1.2% increase

Academia

$95,215

HIV clinic

$89,857

$88,086

2.0% increase

House calls

$94,383

Diabetes/endocrinology

$89,710

$85,244

5.2% increase

HIV clinic

$91,333

Internal medicine

$88,287

$88,903

0.6% decrease

Retail clinic

$91,188

Family practice

$86,518

$86,520

0.002% decrease

Family practice

$90,528

Pediatric practice

$85,618

$83,926

2.0% increase

Women’s health practice

$87,974

Women’s health

$83,687

$83,319

0.4% increase

Pediatric practice

$86,894

Academia

$80,400

$81,552

1.4% decrease

Oncology practice

$85,851

College health (12 mos.)

$79,139

$81,981

3.4% decrease

College or university clinic

$85,441

Elementary or secondary school

$77,513

$76,965

0.7% increase

Correctional facility

$81,404

College health (9 mos.)

$60,829

$63,452

4.1% decrease

Diabetes/endocrinology practice

$69,000

*Year-to-year comparison available for NPs only. 2010 was the first year ADVANCE collected data on PAs.

an average of $96,876 in 2010 (Table 1), while NPs
earned an average of $90,770. The surveys also documented a notable difference in salary improvement
between 2009 and 2010: Comparing ADVANCE’s
2010 results with 2009 salary data from the American

Academy of Physician Assistants, PAs experienced
more than twice the salary increase that NPs did.
The average PA salary increase was $3,771, while
the average NP salary increase was $1,191.
That PAs generally make more money than NPs

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is not a new observation. This trend appears to be
based largely on practice setting. PAs more commonly work in specialties that also generate higher
incomes for physicians, such as emergency medicine
and surgery (including the really big moneymakers,

plastic surgery and aesthetics). Although the PA profession once attracted more men than women, today
about 65% of PAs are women, so sex predominance
does not explain the salary difference.

2 for NPs). Emergency medicine ranks fifth for PA
pay, and oncology ranks No. 5 for NPs.
The Gender Gap Endures
The gender gap long documented in salaries for many
professions also is evident among NPs and PAs. As
Table 3 shows, men make 12.8% more money than
women in the NP profession. In the PA profession,
men earn 10.7% more than women. It’s interesting
that the average salary of male PAs is so close to that
of male NPs — a difference of only $398.
So what factors contribute to the salary differences
between men and women among PAs and NPs?
Practice setting and practice specialty certainly
come into play, but further theorizing here might
be best left to economists and sociologists. (Do
you have an answer to this question? Start a
thread on our discussion board under the
Community tab at www.advanceweb.com/NPPA.)

Part-Time Pay
In the area of part-time practice, hourly rates had
climbed steadily over the years for nurse practitioners (Table 1). But the average hourly rate for an NP
dropped from $45.85 in 2009 to $43.77 in 2010, a
decrease of 4.5%. PAs earned an average hourly rate
of $51.11 in 2010; we are unable to compare that
to part-time earnings in 2009 because we did not
survey PAs at that time.
Practice Setting
Perhaps the most fascinating results are in the
category of salary by practice setting (Table 2).
Among nurse practitioners, work in an emergency
department produced the highest income in 2010
($104,549), with aesthetics/skin care a close second
($102,547). Mental health was the third highest pay
producer for NPs ($100,914), yet it was the No. 1
producer for PAs ($116,758).
Among physician assistants, the second highest
paying practice setting was elementary and secondary schools ($115,000). That’s in stark contrast
to NPs, whose salaries in schools rank 21st among
our 22 categories at $77,513. The third highest paying setting for PAs is cardiology ($109,030), and
this specialty ranks fourth for salary among NPs
($100,881). Among PAs, the fourth highest paying
practice setting is aesthetics and dermatology (No.
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Table 3

Salaries by Gender
Nurse Practitioners
In the NP profession, women make 12.8% less than men.
Gender

2010 salary

Women (80% of NP respondents)

$89,186

Men (20% of NP respondents)

$102,271

Physician Assistants
In the PA profession, women make 10.7% less than men.
Gender

2010 salary

Women (54.62% of PA respondents)

$91,662

Men (45.38% of PA respondents)

$102,669

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What’s to Come?
Looking ahead, it appears that NPs and PAs could
see their salaries climb at a faster clip … but not
right away.
Although some states are challenging the mandatory insurance requirement of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, those lawsuits won’t solve
the critical shortage of primary care providers in the
United States. More than half of NPs deliver primary
care to some age group, and roughly 40% of PAs do
the same. You’ll be vital to meeting primary care
needs, and because you’ll be in demand, salaries are
likely to rise in recognition of that. ■

2010 Nurse Practitioner Salaries by State
Detailed State Breakdown in Alphabetical Order (first entry is full-time salary, second entry is part-time hourly rate)
STATE

TOTAL
RESPONSES

Alabama

34

Alaska

12

Arizona

100

Arkansas

104

California

137

Colorado

52

Connecticut

50

Delaware

14

District of
Columbia

18

Florida

186

Georgia

91

Hawaii

12

Idaho

19

Illinois

95

Indiana

84

Iowa

52

Kansas

53

Kentucky

44

Louisiana

45

Maine

15

Maryland

65

Massachusetts

72

Michigan

83

Minnesota

51

Mississippi

59

MEAN
$85,117
$37.97
$105,883
$52.50
$95,461
$56.74
$80,317
$47.38
$109,886
$52.19
$92,641
$45.72
$100,092
$50.70
$91,187
$45.93
$99,793
$38.48
$93,529
$43.67
$83,183
$45.25
$100,781
$45.00
$92,274
$41.75
$87,225
$41.01
$82,849
$41.55
$87,043
$41.93
$89,568
$41.05
$84,568
$50.75
$92,395
$40.81
$85,846
$40.00
$90,243
$46.28
$98,361
$43.65
$90,406
$50.20
$96,072
$43.01
$88,552
$40.17

MINIMUM
$65,000
$28.00
$85,000
$45.00
$35,000
$37.00
$83,000
$33.00
$60,000
$36.00
$58,000
$35.00
$73,000
$34.00
$65,000
$32.00
$69,000
$28.00
$85,000
$25.00
$66,000
$33.75
$80,000
$45.00
$59,000
$40.00
$70,000
$30.00
$50,089
$30.00
$85,000
$36.73
$55,000
$32.75
$49,000
$32.00
$50,000
$38.07
$71,000
$38.00
$80,600
$35.00
$63,500
0 (this respondent
is unemployed)

$124,800
$33.75
$45,000
$36.00
$60,000
$37.50

MAXIMUM

MEDIAN

STATE

TOTAL
RESPONSES

$112,000
$45.00
$132,000
$60.00
$200,000
$100.00
$125,000
$80.00
$175,000
$112.00
$200,000
$53.00
$220,000
$75.00
$130,000
$55.00
$140,000
$44.45
$145,000
$65.00
$130,000
$70.00
$140,000
$45.00
$165,000
$45.00
$120,000
$52.00
$114,400
$50.00
$160,000
$49.00
$150,000
$48.53
$160,000
$75.00
$200,000
$45.00
$113,000
$42.00
$123,630
$57.75

$83,500
$40.41
$107,217
$52.50
$93,000
$54.00
$80,000
$46.00
$107,000
$46.75
$90,000
$47.00
$92,800
$47.32
$86,000
$49.30
$94,800
$43.00
$87,750
$45.00
$85,000
$45.00
$94,000
$45.00
$90,000
$41.00
$86,000
$42.00
$84,000
$42.00
$84,765
$41.00
$85,750
$41.50
$78,500
$43.00
$90,000
$40.00
$84,000
$40.00
$106,936
$47.00

Missouri

84

Montana

7

Nebraska

9

Nevada

10

New Hampshire

23

New Jersey

61

New Mexico

27

New York

141

North Carolina

129

North Dakota

16

Ohio

125

Oklahoma

28

Oregon

26

Pennsylvania

137

Rhode Island

7

South Carolina

29

South Dakota

10

Tennessee

115

Texas

144

Utah

31

Vermont

7

$141,000
$79.00

$94,000
$41.50

Virginia

77

$350,000
$80.00
$235,000
$50.00
$160,000
$35.00

$86,000
$44.00
$93,400
$43.66
$87,000
$48.00

Washington

48

West Virginia

10*

Wisconsin

78

Wyoming

5


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MEAN
$83,609
$46.35
$76,183
$39.00
$79,551
$43.82
$92,700
$51.80
$89,800
$47.67
$96,642
$51.67
$103,763
$49.00
$91,127
$47.40
$87,404
$46.09
$75,460
$35.86
$85,570
$42.75
$90,480
$42.00
$104,111
$45.22
$83,533
$43.78
$97,500
$46.91
$83,397
$41.50
$85,285
$34.60
$83,490
$44.17
$103,924
$46.88
$91,541
$43.65
$68,625
$42.67
$82,674
$42.16
$98,255
$44.14
$80,400
$87,373
$42.80
$80,000
$45.00

MINIMUM
$70,000
$34.35
$63,000
$39.00
$50,000
$30.00
$75,500
$44.00
$65,000
$41.00
$69,000
$41.50
$80,000
$47.00
$70,000
$28.75
$54,000
$22.00
$75,000
$27.00
$32,000
$42.00
$50,000
$42.00
$43,000
$40.00
$79,000
$25.00
$90,000
$45.00
$74,000
$29.00
$72,000
$30.80
$60,000
$25.00
$70,000
$32.25
$85,000
$38.50
$55,000
$30.00
$50,000
$28.00
$30,000
$37.50
$70,000
$62,000
$36.00
$75,000
$40.00

MAXIMUM
$127,000
$50.00
$132,000
$39.00
$100,500
$67.50
$101,000
$65.00
$115,000
$54.00
$140,000
$65.00
$200,000
$51.00
$180,000
$78.00
$150,000
$100.00
$106,080
$45.00
$275,000
$32.00
$135,000
$42.00
$250,000
$53.00
$160,000
$68.00
$110,000
$50.00
$160,000
$50.00
$114,400
$41.00
$200,000
$60.00
$150,000
$70.00
$130,000
$53.00
$85,000
$53.00
$168,000
$56.00
$150,000
$55.00
$100,000
$200,000
$50.00
$85,000
$50.00

MEDIAN
$85,000
$42.17
$110,000
$39.00
$78,750
$48.75
$92,000
$45.00
$88,500
$48.00
$92,155
$50.00
$98,000
$49.00
$90,000
$53.37
$86,000
$42.00
$77,997
$35.73
$83,704
$55.00
$85,500
$42.00
$90,000
$45.50
$84,000
$44.00
$95,000
$45.73
$85,300
$43.50
$79,000
$32.00
$80,000
$45.00
$110,000
$45.00
$94,000
$40.50
$70,000
$45.00
$81,000
$42.75
$97,000
$43.00
$79,250
$86,000
$42.00
$80,000
$45.00

*No respondents reported part-time wages

2010 Physician Assistant Salaries by State
Detailed State Breakdown in Alphabetical Order (first entry is full-time salary, second entry is part-time hourly rate)
STATE

TOTAL
RESPONSES

Alabama

7*

Alaska

8

Arizona

40

Arkansas

10*

California

71

Colorado

36

Connecticut
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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MEAN

MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

MEDIAN

$95,583

$64,500

$127,000

$99,000

$119,583
$51.00
$96,921
$80.91
$104,615
$109,290
$42.88
$95,318
$46.99

$104,000
$45.00
$60,000
$35.00
$65,000
$71,000
$36.50
$65,000
$32.00

$134,500
$57.00
$200,944
$250.00
$190,000
$240,000
$50.00
$185,000
$60.00

$115,000
$51.00
$92,000
$60.00
$83,163
$100,000
$42.50
$89,952
$47.98

12

$98,975
$50.00

$89,650
$50.00

$150,000
$50.00

$102,000
$50.00

3*

$105,000

$80,000

$125,000

$110,000

7*

$96,762

$87,000

$114,400

$94,300

$94,531
$45.14
$98,036
32
$46.00
No responses NA
$84,606
11
$34.00
$92,996
39
$42.88
$93,259
20
$29.63
$93,121
16
$50.00
$84,750
16
$55.50
$152,853
14
$50.00
6*
$97,167
$79,436
11
$32.00
39*
$96,650

$25,000
$25.10
$56,000
$30.00
NA
$75,000
$34.00
$57,000
$41.75
$72,000
$38.90
$70,000
$50.00
$58,000
$54.00
$60,500
$40.00
$80,000
$40,000
$32.00
$70,000

$156,000
$70.00
$148,500
$60.00
NA
$110,000
$34.00
$175,000
$44.00
$140,400
$50.00
$151,000
$50.00
$165,000
$57.00
$900,000
$60.00
$125,000
$150,000
$32.00
$160,000

$90,000
$52.00
$97,000
$48.00
NA
$83,500
$34.00
$87,000
$42.88
$88,500
$38.90
$90,000
$50.00
$80,000
$55.50
$81,320
$50.00
$94,000
$87,300
$32.00
$95,000

$103,564
$58.00

$66,560
$58.00

$220,000
$58.00

$100,000
$58.00

$56,160
$37.00
$70,000
$39.00
NA
$73,000
$41.00

$150,000
$55.00
$116,000
$49.70
NA
$115,000
$41.00

$94,000
$40.00
$89,650
$40.00
NA
$90,000
$41.00

82

30

$93,732
$44.20
$92,891
24
$42.90
No responses NA
$90,923
14
$41.00
55

STATE

TOTAL
RESPONSES

Montana

6

Nebraska

13

Nevada
New Hampshire

3*
13*

New Jersey

30

New Mexico

7

New York

125

North Carolina

69

North Dakota

3*

Ohio

46

Oklahoma

11

Oregon

14

Pennsylvania

77

Rhode Island

4*

South Carolina

22

South Dakota

11

Tennessee

20*

Texas

86

Utah

14

Vermont

5*

Virginia

33

Washington

27

West Virginia

8*

Wisconsin

25

Wyoming

1*



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MEAN
$87,250
$39.00
$84,745
$33.00
$106,667
$100,220
$95,981
$47.65
$99,383
$50.00
$89,991
$67.67
$103,097
$45.83
$79,707
$90,242
$42.00
$93,183
$55.00
$94,154
$43.00
$84,981
$41.35
$109,125
$93,533
$37.71
$86,399
$48.50
$102,070
$112,742
$56.00
$99,222
$53.00
$92,402
$89,294
$53.83
$95,549
$81.50
$85,375
$100,234
$40.00
$124,000

MINIMUM
$68,000
$38.00
$68,000
$33.00
$80,000
$80,000
$75,000
$38.76
$64,000
$50.00
$50,000
$33.00
$65,000
$32.00
$75,000
$59,000
$33.00
$79,000
$55.00
$74,000
$43.00
$47,000
$34.00
$99,500
$65,000
$33.13
$73,897
$48.50
$67,000
$60,000
$37.50
$80,000
$47.50
$72,800
$45,000
$36.00
$65,000
$81.50
$67,000
$78,385
$40.00
$124,000

MAXIMUM
$96,000
$40.00
$110,000
$33.00
$156,000
$158,500
$120,000
$55.00
$130,000
$50.00
$213,000
$250.00
$700,560
$61.50
$83,000
$130,000
$50.00
$135,000
$55.00
$120,000
$43.00
$140,000
$47.95
$127,000
$152,000
$40.00
$145,000
$48.50
$198,000
$300,000
$75.00
$130,000
$120.00
$105,000
$129,500
$100.00
$125,000
$115.00
$130,000
$126,880
$40.00
$124,000

MEDIAN
$92,500
$39.00
$85,000
$33.00
$84,000
$93,000
$95,000
$47.65
$99,000
$50.00
$87,750
$49.00
$89,675
$44.00
$81,120
$90,040
$42.50
$87,250
$55.00
$95,000
$43.00
$82,000
$41.37
$105,000
$96,000
$40.00
$89,000
$48.50
$90,700
$104,104
$50.00
$96,000
$47.50
$93,000
$86,400
$47.50
$100,000
$81.50
$75,000
$98,481
$40.00
$124,000

*No respondents reported part-time wages

2010 NP Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Mesa
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fayetteville
California
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Colorado
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Stamford
Delaware
Wilmington
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Orlando
Tallahassee
Tampa

2010 Average Salary
$76,250
$90,666
$100,000
$108,250
No responses
No responses
$99,370
$86,591
$81,902
$81,529
$85,260
$107,774
$104,446
$105,647
$117,071
$89,684
$88,600
$117,900
$77,158
$92,035
$93,656
$102,454
No responses
$87,000
$87,280
$96,769
$89,025
$75,400
$94,976

State and City
Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Hawaii
Ewa
Honolulu
Idaho
Boise
Illinois
Chicago
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
Indiana
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Indianapolis
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Kentucky
Lexington
Louisville
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
New Orleans
Shreveport
Oregon
Portland

2010 Average Salary
$75,500
$84,764
$75,200
$83,000
$89,514
$90,000
$97,666
$96,015
$88,706
$89,040
$89,000
$83,680
$85,000
$67,462
$86,700
$82,115
$78,833
$92,656
$86,437
$86,625
$96,208
$94,450
$82,337
$88,125
$104,333
$88,262
$94,407
$87,333

State and City
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bethesda
Columbia
Silver Spring
Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Rochester
Mississippi
Biloxi
Jackson
Oxford
Missouri
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Louis
Montana
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

2010 Average Salary
No responses
$89,571
$107,740
No responses
$103,496
$97,100
$89,600
$108,000
$101,812
$86,480
$90,130
$52,374
$82,615
$97,833
$93,400
$93,988
$91,600
$108,800
$90,303
$94,000
$86,423
$77,610
$75,948
No responses
No responses
$84,000
$74,613
$82,821
$103,000
$83,750
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2010 NP Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
New Jersey
Camden
Newark
Trenton
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
New York
Buffalo
New York City
Rochester
Syracuse

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2010 Average Salary
$98,333
$80,000
$96,250
$91,444
$102,600
$81,666
$135,666
$127,000
$92,308
$100,141
$78,500
$87,800

State and City
New York City Boroughs
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh-Durham
Winston-Salem
North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Norman
Oregon
Eugene
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Erie
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville

2010 Average Salary
$103,300
$105,000
$103,081
$96,500
No responses
$92,981
$82,250
$82,106
$85,083
$71,471
$81,000
$81,469
$92,185
$86,723
$87,107
$80,400
$97,833
$83,400
No responses
No responses
$82,825
$109,000
$77,999
$73,357
$94,349
$77,921
$100,000
$85,875
$100,575
$92,428

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State and City
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Texas
Austin
Dallas-Ft. Worth
El Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Utah
Provo
Salt Lake City
Vermont
Burlington
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Northern Va.-D.C.
Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Vancouver
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Wyoming
Cheyenne

2010 Average Salary
$75,000
$78,000
$79,188
$85,256
$81,028
$100,500
$96,244
$104,000
$98,989
$95,165
No responses
$94,343
$72,500
No responses
No responses
No responses
No responses
$99,333
$94,500
$107,714
$79,075
$88,000
No responses
$119,081
$91,200
$84,526
$82,500

2010 PA Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Mesa
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fayetteville
California
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Colorado
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Stamford
Delaware
Wilmington
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Orlando
Tallahassee
Tampa

2010 Average Salary
$83,250
No responses
No responses
$115,000
No responses
No responses
$91,615
$89,500
$122,157
$77,274
$188,000
$109,354
$105,375
$102,469
$105,730
$145,600
$72,000
$92,788
$98,931
$100,000
$85,525
$114,000
No responses
$105,000
$92,100
$88,901
$81,984
$120,000
$94,591

State and City
Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Hawaii
Ewa
Honolulu
Idaho
Boise
Illinois
Chicago
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
Indiana
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Indianapolis
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Kentucky
Lexington
Louisville
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
New Orleans
Shreveport
Oregon
Portland

2010 Average Salary
$98,000
$100,677
$101,667
$72,500
$110,000
No responses
No responses
$80,250
$89,781
$84,000
$108,500
$94,500
No responses
$85,500
$94,000
$96,500
No responses
$105,400
$78,750
$70,000
$71,000
$101,348
$85,000
$125,000
No responses
$95,000
$94,000
$79,253

State and City
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bethesda
Columbia
Silver Spring
Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Rochester
Mississippi
Biloxi
Jackson
Oxford
Missouri
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Louis
Montana
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno

2010 Average Salary
$100,000
$95,513
$116,667
No responses
$105,000
$106,857
No responses
No responses
$100,000
$105,642
$88,815
No responses
$86,750
$115,000
$88,106
No responses
$110,350
No responses
No responses
No responses
$105,000
$88,500
$90,200
$90,000
No responses
No responses
$85,950
No responses
$118,000
$84,000
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2010 PA Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
New Jersey
Camden
Newark
Trenton
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
New York
Buffalo
New York City
Rochester
Syracuse
New York City Boroughs
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh-Durham
Winston-Salem
North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Norman
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2010 Average Salary
$85,000
$92,000
$110,000
$75,000
$90,000
$90,150
No responses
$64,000
$81,659
$85,063
$96,813
$87,192
$85,297
$93,500
$87,647
$77,685
$53,000
$89,828
$83,333
$141,794
$84,180
$81,120
No responses
No responses
$82,000
$97,417
$92,750
$87,500
$106,667
$85,000
No responses

State and City
Oregon
Eugene
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Erie
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Texas
Austin
Dallas-Ft. Worth
El Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Utah
Provo
Salt Lake City
Vermont
Burlington
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Northern Va.-D.C.

2010 Average Salary
No responses
$88,250
No responses
$84,079
$66,100
$101,251
$74,773
$102,250
$76,026
$99,667
$78,000
$88,500
No responses
$82,000
$170,000
$82,500
$88,000
$105,266
$79,000
$109,294
$124,143
No responses
$93,400
$82,900
No responses
No responses
No responses
No responses

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State and City
Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Vancouver
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Wyoming
Cheyenne

2010 Average Salary
$101,000
$110,333
$85,000
$94,375
$100,000
No responses
$108,000
$98,000
$91,969
No responses

2010 NP Average Salaries
According to Academic Degree
Associate degree
(1.62%)
$84,226

Bachelor’s degree (3.21%)
$87,237

Doctoral degree
(4.84%)
$95,089
Master’s degree (90.32%)
$90,048

2010 PA Average Salaries
According to Academic Degree

Master’s degree
(60.16%)
$95,745

2010 Doctoral Degree
Salary Breakdown

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Associate degree (4.63%)
$103,365

Doctoral degree (2.90%)
$95,712

Bachelor’s degree
(32.31%)
$98,784

2010 Doctoral Degree
Salary Breakdown

Type of Doctoral Degree

2010 Average Salary

Type of Doctoral Degree

2010 Average Salary

DNP (2.67%)

$97,572

PhD

$106,502

PhD (1.73%)

$89,242

DHScPA

$123,500

DNSc (0.10%)

$78,500

EdD

$95,345

EdD (0.27%)

$102,885

DHSc

$101,786

Other nursing doctorate (0.07%)

$112,000

DrPH

$130,000

Other doctorate

$75,457

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2010 National Nurse Practitioner Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 2,956)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages
in states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.

What type of nurse practitioner certification do
you hold?

Acute Care NP: 9.51%

Internal Medicine: 10.29%

Adult NP: 19.45%

Mental Health Setting: 3.95%

None: 1.11%

Adult Psychiatric Mental Health NP: 3.28%

Neonatal Unit: 0.64%

Acute Care: 5.60%

Aesthetics/Dermatology NP: 0.81%

Oncology Clinic: 3.91%

Adult: 15.89%

Family NP: 34.40%

Pediatric Clinic: 5.70%

Adult Psychiatric Mental Health: 2.67%

Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP: 1.52%

Retail Clinic: 2.97%

Dermatology: 0.17%

Gerontologic NP: 3.21%

Surgery Setting: 2.56%

Family: 54.99%

Neonatal NP: 0.74%

Women’s Health Setting: 8.94%

Family Psychiatric Mental Health: 1.21%

Oncology NP: 3.61%

Gerontologic: 2.33%

Women’s Health NP: 9.10%

Do you work in a subspecialty?

Neonatal: 0.88%

Pediatric NP: 7.24%

No: 54.08%

Oncology: 0.61%

Pediatric Acute Care NP: 1.32%

Yes: 45.92%

Pediatric: 6.71%

Retail Health NP: 1.89%

Pediatric Acute Care: 0.61%

School NP: 1.18%

Women’s Health: 7.22%

Do you own your own practice?
No: 97.27%

What is your primary employment setting?

Yes: 2.73%

Do you hold an additional NP certification?

Academia: 2.87%

No: 85.76%

Aesthetics/Skin Care Practice: 1.01%

Yes: 14.24%

Cardiology Clinic: 2.56%

How many hours a week do you work in your
primary employment setting?

College Health (9 months): 0.81%

Full Time (35 hours or more): 83.10%

What is the highest degree you have obtained?

College Health (12 months): 1.15%

Part Time (less than 35 hours): 16.90%

Associate: 1.62%

Corrections: 1.01%

Bachelor’s: 3.21%

Diabetes/Endocrinology Clinic: 1.28%

What is your current full-time annual salary?

Master’s: 90.35%

Elementary or Secondary School: 0.81%

$90,770

Doctorate: 4.82%

Emergency Department: 4.01%
Family Practice: 23.28%

What is your current nurse practitioner
position?

Geriatric Setting: 3.61%

What is the hourly rate of your primary part-time
position?

HIV Clinic: 0.74%

$43.77

Not working as an NP: 1.38%

Hospital (not a private practice in a hospital): 16.84%

Academician: 1.29%

House Calls: 1.05%

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2010 National Nurse Practitioner Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 2,956)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages
in states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.

How many years have you practiced as a nurse
practitioner?

Do you purchase your own malpractice insurance
(whether or not your employer offers it)?

What is your gender?

9.29 years

No: 73.82%

Male: 8.03%

Female: 91.97%

Yes: 26.18%

Does your job include call duty?
No: 76.38%
Yes: 23.62%

What is your age?
On average, about how many patients do you
see per week?
64.95 patients

Do you get paid for being on call?
No: 69.33%
Yes: 30.53%

How is your on-call pay calculated?
Specific Amount for Unlimited Hours or Calls: 30.70%
Base Amount Plus Extra for Calls: 17.21%
Hourly Rate: 24.65%

On average, how many recommendations for
over-the-counter medications do you make per
week?
29.57 recommendations

On average, how many prescriptions do you
write per week?
63.27 prescriptions

Percentage of Salary: 7.91%
Other: 19.07%

Which of the following benefits does your
employer offer, either fully or partially paid?
(check all that apply)
Health Insurance: 85.56%
Paid Continuing Education: 75.74%
Professional Association Dues: 42.68%
Paid Time Off: 85.12%
Profit Sharing: 15.99%
Retirement Plan: 75.20%

Do you plan to open your own healthcare-related
business in the next 5 years?
No: 89.78%
Yes: 10.22%

Select the most appropriate descriptor for the
geography of your work setting.
Rural: 24.53%
Suburban: 37.65%
Urban: 37.82%

Tuition Reimbursement: 36.34%
Malpractice Insurance: 83.13%
Other: 12.92%
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2010 National Physician Assistant Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 1,276)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages in
states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.

Are you currently an NCCPA-certified PA?

What is the highest degree you have obtained?

Physical Medical Rehabilitation: 0.86%

No: 3.92%

Associate: 4.63%

Psychiatry: 1.57%

Yes: 96.08%

Bachelor’s: 32.31%

Public Health: 0.55%

Master’s: 60.16%

Pulmonology: 0.86%

Have you completed a postgraduate physician
assistant program, fellowship or residency?

Doctorate: 2.90%

Radiology: 2.19%

No: 87.93%

What is your current specialty?

Yes: 12.07%

Academics: 1.41%

Rheumatology: 0.47%
Surgery: 12.93%

Addiction Medicine: 0.47%

What is your primary employment setting?

What type of postgraduate PA program,
fellowship or residency did you complete?

Allergy/Immunology: 0.71%

Academia: 2.98%

Anesthesiology: 0.31%

Aesthetics/Dermatology Practice: 2.74%

Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery: 1.30%

Cardiology: 4.15%

Cardiology Practice: 3.13%

Critical Care: 1.30%

Critical Care: 1.18%

College or University Clinic: 1.41%

Dermatology/Dermatologic Surgery: 1.30%

Dermatology/Aesthetics: 3.13%

Correctional Facility: 1.10%

Emergency Medicine: 22.08%

Emergency Medicine: 13.71%

Diabetes/Endocrinology Practice: 0.39%

Hospital Internal Medicine: 3.90%

Endocrinology: 0.55%

Elementary or Secondary School: 0.08%

Multispecialty: 15.58%

Family/General Medicine: 22.02%

Emergency Department: 12.07%

Neonatology: 2.60%

Gastroenterology: 1.65%

Family Practice: 24.53%

Nephrology: 0%

Geriatrics: 1.10%

HIV Clinic: 0.47%

Neurosurgery: 1.30%

Hematology/Oncology: 2.19%

Obstetrics/Gynecology: 0.65%

Hospital Medicine: 2.59%

Hospital Unit (Other Than Surgery or Emergency
Department): 17.40%

Orthopedics: 11.04%

Internal Medicine: 7.05%

House Calls: 0.55%

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery: 0%

Neonatology: 0.24%

Mental Health Setting: 1.10%

Psychiatry: 3.25%

Neurology: 0.71%

Rheumatology: 1.95%

Obstetrics/Gynecology: 2.43%

Nursing Home, Assisted Living or Long-Term Care
Facility: 1.49%

Surgery: 9.09%

Occupational Medicine: 2.19%

Oncology Practice: 1.57%

Urology: 1.30%

Ophthalmology: 0.08%

Pediatric Practice: 1.49%

Other: 23.38%

Orthopedics: 8.62%

Retail Clinic: 2.43%

Pain Management: 1.88%

Surgery Setting: 16.30%

Pathology: 0.08%

Women’s Health Practice: 2.51%

Pediatrics: 2.12%

Worksite: 6.27%
Questionnaire continued

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2010 National Physician Assistant Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 1,276)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages in
states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.

Do you work in a subspecialty?

Do you get paid for being on call?

No: 60.42%

No: 67.61%

On average, about how many patients do you
see per week?

Yes: 39.58%

Yes: 32.39%

79.77 patients

Do you own your own practice?

How is your on-call pay calculated?

No: 98.75%

Specific Amount for Unlimited Hours or Calls: 23.19%

Yes: 1.25%

Base Amount Plus Extra for Calls: 22.46%

On average, how many recommendations for
over-the-counter medications do you make per
week?

Hourly Rate: 28.99%

How many hours a week to you work in your
primary employment setting?

Percentage of Salary: 7.97%
Other: 17.39%

Full Time (35 hours or more): 90.83%
Part Time (less than 35 hours): 9.17%

What is your current full-time annual salary?
$96,876

$51.11

Health Insurance: 87.77%
Paid Continuing Education: 80.64%
Paid Time Off: 87.30%
Profit Sharing: 21.94%
Retirement Plan: 75.08%
Tuition Reimbursement: 23.51%

How many years have you practiced as a
physician assistant?
11.49

On average, how many prescriptions do you
write per week?
71.41 prescriptions

Which of the following benefits does your
employer offer, either fully or partially paid?
(check all that apply)

Professional Association Dues: 60.27%

What is the hourly rate of your primary part-time
position?

29.32 recommendations

Malpractice Insurance: 91.07%
Other: 10.89%

Does your job include call duty?

Do you purchase your own malpractice insurance
(whether or not your employer offers it)?

No: 66.61%

No: 93.18%

Yes: 33.39%

Yes: 6.82%

Do you plan to open your own healthcare-related
business in the next 5 years?
No: 91.69%
Yes: 8.31%

Select the most appropriate descriptor for the
geography of your work setting.
Rural: 20.38%
Suburban: 43.81%
Urban: 35.82%

What is your gender?
Female: 54.62%
Male: 45.38%

What is your age?
42.73

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