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.
Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant Income Satisfaction
86% of PAs & NPs are satisfied to some degree with their
income. NPs are slightly more dissatisfied than PAs (17% vs. 12%)
Hospital based and group-based are almost equally satisfied with their incomes.
About half earned more in 2017 than in 2016,
but not by a large amount in most cases.
10% reported an increase of 8% or more
12% reported an increase of 4-7%
27% reported an increase of 1-3%
38% reported earning about the same income
year over year, from 2016-2017.