PracticeMatch 2019 Advanced Practitioners Salary Survey
PracticeMatch is now conducting an Advanced Practitioner compensation survey on an annual basis to report trends in salary, sign-on bonuses, and job satisfaction by profession and specialty.
2019 NP and PA Salary Survey Research
1,250 NP and PA participated in the survey
Q1: Which of the following best describes your medical specialty?
Q2: Which of the following best describes your current practice setting?
Respondents have been in the profession for around 15 years and almost 8 years in their current position
Most are full time employees and female
Q4: How many years have you been in the profession?
Q5: How many years have you been in your current position?
Current Position Satisfaction
Almost 60% are very or extremely satisfied with their current position
Q6: Overall, for your current position, how would you rate your job satisfaction?
Consider Leaving Your Current Job?
Around 30% of respondents are considering leaving their current job.
Q6b: Are you considering leaving your current job?
Of the n=401 respondents who are considering leaving their current job, most planned to do so within 7-12 months.
Compensation was noted as the most common reason
* Respondents who selected other mostly noted "more than 1 year" or "unsure"
* Respondents who selected "Other" mostly noted "retirement", "relocation" and "poor management"
Q6c: "When are you considering leaving your current job?
Q6d: "Why are you considering leaving your current job?
Education Levels: Most have completed at least Master's degree education
A significant portion of older professionals have BA/BS or PhD/DNP degrees
Q17: "What is the highest level of education you've completed?
Age: Almost 60% are between the ages of 30 and 49
PAs tend to be a little younger mix
Q18: Which of the following categories best describes your age?
Age: Part time work may skew slightly older
Q18: Which of the following categories best describes your age?
Sign-on Bonus: Very few are receiving sign-on bonuses
Q7: When you started in your current position, did you receive a sign-on bonus?
Most are on salary
Most are working an average of 41 hours per week
Q10: Are you paid based on the number of hours you work or are you on salary?
Q11: On average, how many hours did you work in a typical week last year?
Average Annual Base Salary
The salary mix is similar for NPs and PAs, PAs however seemed to have slightly more higher salaried respondents
Q12: To the nearest $1,000 approximately how much did you earn last year, not including annual bonuses?
Average Annual Base Salary
Almost 75% of full time NP/PAs were in the $75- $125,000 salary range — Almost half of part time NP/PAs made less than $60,000
Q12: To the nearest $1,000 approximately how much did you earn last year, not including annual bonuses?
Total Compensation (salary + bonus)
50 to 60% have total compensation in the $75 to $125,000 range
Total compensation mix is similar for NPs and PAs
PA's seemed to have slightly more at the higher compensation levels
Q12: To the nearest $1,000 approximately how much did you earn last year, not including annual bonuses?
Q13:To the nearest $1,000 how much did you earn as an annual bonus last year?
Mix of Annual Bonuses — Most are not receiving annual bonuses
Among those who do, PAs seem to receive slightly higher bonuses
Almost 10% are receiving very large bonuses, and may represent profit-sharing
Q13:To the nearest $1,000 how much did you earn as an annual bonus last year?
Almost half earned more in 2018 than 2017
— but part time employees were less likely to receive the larger increases
Earnings Satisfaction
36% are very or extremely satisfied with their current earnings
Q15:How satisfied were you with your earnings in 2018?
Respondents were geographically dispersed
Survey conducted in March 2019 in partnership with M3 Global Research. 2000 Respondents were surveyed.
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