Nurse Practitioners
United States. Estimated employment 323,040, with pages for 14 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1171
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$132,300 · 50th
$101,34010th
$117,99025th
$132,30050th
$156,70075th
$174,42090th
That is the median — half of nurse practitioners in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Nurse Practitioners page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $231,560 | 1,580 |
| San Francisco, CA | $219,080 | 3,110 |
| Vallejo, CA | $182,370 | 180 |
| Modesto, CA | $173,380 | 380 |
| Sacramento, CA | $172,010 | 1,170 |
| Riverside, CA | $169,920 | 1,710 |
| New York, NY | $163,340 | 21,680 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $161,470 | 10,060 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $151,740 | 550 |
| Binghamton, NY | $139,030 | 330 |
| Elmira, NY | $138,700 | 130 |
| Ithaca, NY | $136,980 | 270 |
| Utica, NY | $135,790 | 240 |
| Albany, NY | $134,590 | 910 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 323,040 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-1171, Nurse Practitioners. Mapped to our taxonomy as nurse-practitioners.
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