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How Much PAs and NPs Make in Every State

How much do PAs and NPs make across the U.S.? We found out. How does your salary stack up against the average?

Using the latest data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we dug up the average salaries for PAs and NPs across the United States.

Some quick takeaways from the findings are:

  • NPs earn the most, on average, in California, Alaska, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
  • PAs see top pay, on average, in Connecticut, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and California.
  • On average, the least lucrative states for NPs are Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Kentucky.
  • For PAs, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama pay the least, on average.
  • PAs are paid more than NPs in the majority of the country, including 25 states, as well as the District of Columbia, though NP salaries outpace PA salaries in terms of dollar amount, as a whole.

How does your salary stack up against the average? Find out below.

State Physician Assistant
Average Annual Salary:		 Nurse Practitioner
Average Annual Salary:
Alabama $92,880 $95,970
Alaska $122,260 $122,880
Arizona $101,590 $110,750
Arkansas $99,280 $104,300
California $117,230 $133,780
Colorado $102,770 $111,210
Connecticut $125,610 $118,020
Delaware $105,300 $108,340
District of Columbia $114,740 $109,800
Florida $105,930 $101,100
Georgia $103,190 $106,750
Hawaii $121,120 $120,570
Idaho $109,090 $102,600
Illinois $108,260 $105,800
Indiana $96,090 $103,200
Iowa $110,550 $106,290
Kansas $104,720 $99,430
Kentucky $91,010 $99,790
Louisiana $85,990 $105,340
Maine $110,030 $103,220
Maryland $108,180 $115,060
Massachusetts $108,700 $122,740
Michigan $110,240 $106,880
Minnesota $116,200 $119,160
Mississippi $81,130 $109,700
Missouri $94,480 $102,470
Montana $106,130 $103,510
Nebraska $106,700 $103,800
Nevada $116,850 $112,540
New Hampshire $111,080 $109,460
New Jersey $116,270 $122,100
New Mexico $108,610 $109,810
New York $117,000 $120,970
North Carolina $104,680 $104,100
North Dakota $107,340 $106,200
Ohio $105,410 $101,970
Oklahoma $104,200 $103,280
Oregon $113,570 $110,010
Pennsylvania $98,510 $98,250
Rhode Island $103,710 $109,290
South Carolina $103,710 $99,910
South Dakota $102,830 $100,690
Tennessee $87,700 $95,990
Texas $109,590 $111,060
Utah $102,710 $105,840
Vermont $106,520 $106,000
Virginia $99,340 $105,170
Washington $123,980 $117,650
West Virginia $104,180 $100,690
Wisconsin $107,920 $106,790
Wyoming $116,890 $116,030

Disclaimer: The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.

PT, OT, and SLP Salaries in Every State

Using the latest data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we dug up the average salaries for PTs, OTs, and SLPs across the United States.

Using the latest data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we dug up the average salaries for PTs, OTs, and SLPs across the United States. How does your salary stack up against the average? Find out below.

State Physical Therapist
Average Annual Salary:		 Occupational Therapist
Average Annual Salary:		 Speech Language Pathologist
Average Annual Salary:
Alabama $90,620 $83,810 $71,240
Alaska $99,180 $86,860 $83,620
Arizona $88,800 $94,800 $74,710
Arkansas $81,430 $81,810 $73,660
California $97,110 $95,160 $93,510
Colorado $82,560 $89,770 $90,980
Connecticut $96,010 $90,780 $92,280
Delaware $93,880 $86,020 $81,440
District of Columbia $89,750 $94,360 $93,570
Florida $87,410 $81,520 $76,820
Georgia $86,320 $82,060 $77,730
Hawaii $90,540 $83,010 $76,330
Idaho $77,700 $81,230 $74,740
Illinois $90,690 $83,940 $77,120
Indiana $83,680 $79,870 $73,780
Iowa $82,960 $80,740 $76,020
Kansas $85,250 $78,720 $70,280
Kentucky $84,630 $79,460 $72,440
Louisiana $89,860 $85,490 $71,270
Maine $76,910 $72,160 $65,540
Maryland $85,170 $89,230 $84,960
Massachusetts $91,750 $87,160 $85,720
Michigan $91,160 $77,940 $78,220
Minnesota $83,750 $74,050 $75,590
Mississippi $89,720 $81,590 $64,560
Missouri $81,330 $75,120 $77,790
Montana $79,050 $74,940 $64,580
Nebraska $80,130 $76,850 $69,110
Nevada $107,920 $100,970 $77,620
New Hampshire $82,880 $79,850 $73,630
New Jersey $97,770 $96,600 $95,000
New Mexico $97,210 $81,660 $74,800
New York $87,470 $88,370 $90,820
North Carolina $87,560 $84,390 $75,310
North Dakota $78,120 $67,420 $67,340
Ohio $86,690 $85,720 $78,200
Oklahoma $84,860 $82,240 $81,700
Oregon $85,890 $90,720 $87,610
Pennsylvania $87,050 $81,030 $79,530
Rhode Island $83,850 $83,600 $80,450
South Carolina $85,450 $78,470 $71,600
South Dakota $76,200 $69,390 $58,860
Tennessee $82,920 $84,870 $77,140
Texas $92,940 $89,360 $75,800
Utah $85,940 $85,300 $78,840
Vermont $75,010 $76,840 $73,550
Virginia $91,700 $93,010 $86,090
Washington $85,930 $81,250 $73,220
West Virginia $89,420 $81,080 $61,070
Wisconsin $85,200 $73,390 $70,560
Wyoming $87,510 $82,010 $80,470

Disclaimer: The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.

PTs, OTs Land Spots on List of Highest-Paying Jobs in Healthcare

PTs and OTs are being recognized as top earners in healthcare and are featured on a newly released list of the top ten highest paying careers in the field.

Physical therapists and occupational therapists are being recognized as top earners in healthcare by CNBC, being featured on their newly released list of the top ten highest paying careers in the field.

PTs ranked eighth on the list, with a median annual salary of $86,850, besting OTs in ninth place by only $3,650.

Positions that outrank PTs and OTs in annual earnings include physician assistants, optometrists, nurse anesthetists/midwives/practitioners, pharmacists, podiatrists, dentists, and physicians/surgeons.

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Physicians Top Yet Another “Highest Paid” List

There’s money in practicing medicine, or so says another top ten list, which ranks physicians and surgeons as top earners in the field.

Physicians and surgeons took the top spot on a new top ten list of high paying jobs in healthcare from CNBC, which indicated they are now earning salaries greater than or equal to $208,000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Physician and surgeon annual salaries were noted as being $50,000 higher than their not-very-close second place competition, dentists, who ranked in the number two spot with a $158,120 median annual wage, and their salaries were more than $80,000 higher than podiatrists, who earn $127,740 on average, and rounded out the top three.

CNBC ties high wages for those on their list, in part, to high demand and relatively low competition in the job market for healthcare professionals.

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APRNs and PAs Ranked Among Highest Paying Jobs in Healthcare

Advanced practitioners are enjoying advanced wages, and two spots on a new top ten list of the highest paying jobs in healthcare.

Advanced practitioners, such as Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Certified Nurse Midwives seem to be enjoying advanced salaries, according to a new top ten list of high paying jobs in healthcare from CNBC.

While the average annual wage for healthcare workers clocks in around $65,000—well above the median annual wage for all occupations in the U.S. of $37,690—advanced practitioners are seeing salaries upwards of $100k, landing them prime spots on the CNBC list.

Physician assistants ranked seventh, with a median annual wage of $104,860. Nurse anesthetists, midwives, and practitioners, collectively took fifth place, with a median annual wage of $110,930, and were outranked only by pharmacists, podiatrists, dentists, and physicians/surgeons, which took the top spot with salaries greater than or equal to $208,000.

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NP Salaries on the Rise

A new survey by the AANP has found that the total mean income for NPs was more than $112k in 2017.

As both the demand for and number of Nurse Practitioners only continue to grow, it appears that NP salaries are rising proportionately, according the AANP’s 2017 National Nurse Practitioner Sample Survey results.

The results of the survey, released earlier this month, found that in 2017, full-time NPs, regardless of their certification, are now receiving an average hourly wage of just under $59.87, and the base salary for full-time NPs was, on average, $105,546, with the total mean income for full-time NPs clocking in at $112,923.

Broken down by specialty, it was found that Adult Mental Health NPs, which only account for 1.7% of all NPs, received the highest base salary, while Emergency NPs had the highest hourly wage and total income. It was also reported that, between 2015 and 2017, the base salaries for Geriatric NPs and Family NPs also increased, up 30% and 18%, respectively.

The full 2017 National Nurse Practitioner Sample Survey Report is a free resource for AANP members and can be accessed by clicking here.

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PA Salaries Increase, Top $100k on Average

The average annual PA salary increased nearly 3%, compared to the previous year, with a majority of PAs now earning a base salary of more than $100,000.

A new report from the AAPA released this month finds that the average annual physician assistant salary increased 2.9% compared to the previous year, with full time, salaried PAs (78.7% of the profession) now making, on average, over $100,000 annually. The report also found that PAs who are employed in a hospital setting are earning higher salaries, securing more leadership positions, and receiving better benefits than their counterparts employed by physician practices.

The 2018 AAPA Salary Report, which collected responses from 9,140 PAs, finds that while both hospital-based PAs and those employed by physician practices enjoy healthy salaries, leadership opportunities, and benefits, those in a hospital setting are earning more (base salaries of $107,000 versus $101,000 on average in 2017), hold more formal leadership positions (57.5% versus 28.2%), and typically receive more paid time off (20.0 versus 17.8 days of general PTO, 8.4 versus 5.0 days of sick PTO) than those based in physician practices. These two types of PAs account for 81% of all PAs, with physician practice-based PAs making up the largest group of the profession (46.1% of PAs), and hospital-based PAs trailing closely behind as the second largest group (34.9% of PAs).

As reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the PA profession is projected to increase 37% from 2016 to 2026, which is well above the average for all occupations. These findings by the BLS, as well as the new AAPA report, indicate that as more and more barriers to PA practice are removed and the demand for non-physician providers grows, PAs can likely expect their employment opportunities, as well as their salaries, to continue to increase.

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Physical Therapy and the Gender Pay Gap

Though typically a female-dominated industry, a new report indicates that women PTs are still paid less than their male counterparts.

Despite being widely disputed by non-believers, there is no shortage of data showing that the gender pay gap is alive and well, with women being paid just 80% of what men are paid, on average. It seems that holds true in the physical therapy profession, as well.

Though typically a female-dominated industry, the 2018 State of Rehab Therapy report from WebPT shows that females are still earning less than their male counterparts. This is despite females now outpacing males in all leadership categories, except C-level executive roles, in which men out-represent women by only 9%. As reported by therapists themselves, more than half of the therapists who responded to the report indicated their salaries fell into the range of $50,000 to $90,000, with nearly a third falling into the $60,000 to $80,000 range. However, men were more significantly represented in the $70,001+ salary range, and females were more significantly represented in the salary range below $70,000. These findings are on par with the latest U.S. Census data from 2016, which showed that within the physical therapy occupation, women earn only 87.6% of their male equivalents’ salaries.

With more females in places of leadership within therapy practices around the country, these numbers may shift, in time. However, it is projected by the American Association of University Women that, as a whole, the gender pay gap across all industries is not expected to be closed until 2119.

These numbers, however, do not seem to be upsetting therapists too much, overall. According to the report, more than 60% of therapists who responded agreed that they liked being a therapist, which may indicate that success and satisfaction cannot only be measured by numbers.

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The Best and Worst States to Be A Nurse

Maine is the top place to be a nurse, and D.C. is the worst, according to new survey results. Where does your state land on the list?

The nursing industry is alive and well, and it is expected to grow at more than double the rate of the average occupation through 2026. But where is it best, and worst, to be a nurse?

New findings from WalletHub, as determined by comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 21 crucial metrics, including average salary, average starting salary, nursing job openings, patient ratios, and more, offer some insight. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most promising conditions to be a nurse.

Below are the top five best and worst states and their scores, as found by the survey, as well as other key findings.

Top Five Best Places to Be A Nurse

  1. Maine (62.96/100)
  2. Montana (62.07/100)
  3. Washington (61.41/100)
  4. Wyoming (61.31/100)
  5. New Mexico (61.11/100)

Top Five Worst Places to Be A Nurse

  1. District of Columbia (33.08/100)
  2. Hawaii (38.49/100)
  3. Vermont (44.88/100)
  4. Alabama (45.58/100)
  5. Louisiana (46.27/100)

Most Nursing Job Openings Per Capita: Vermont
Highest Annual Nursing Salary, Adjusted for Cost of Living: Arizona
Most Healthcare Facilities Per Capita: South Dakota
Lowest Competition by 2024: Nevada
Highest Percentage of Population Aged 65+ by 2030: Florida

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The Best States to Be a Physician, Money-Wise

“Physician” is ranked as the most popular profession within the top 1% of earners, but where is it best, and worst, to practice medicine, according to your wallet.

Being a physician is a lucrative business, without question, and the high-paying salary is well deserved, given how hard physicians work to save and improve lives and the demands that come with the profession. But where does it make the most and least sense, financially, to practice medicine?

New findings from WalletHub, as determined by comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 16 crucial metrics, including average salary, average starting salary, hospitals per capita, current and projected competition, CME requirements, and more, offer some insight. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for practicing doctors.

Below are the top five best and worst states and their scores, as found by the survey, as well as other key findings.

Top Five Best Places to Practice Medicine

  1. South Dakota (75.97/100)
  2. Nebraska (70.66/100)
  3. Idaho (70.64/100)
  4. Iowa (70.16/100)
  5. Minnesota (69.94/100)

Top Five Worst Places to Practice Medicine

  1. New Jersey (40.24/100)
  2. Rhode Island (40.86/100)
  3. New York (41.39/100)
  4. Hawaii (43.25/100)
  5. District of Columbia (45.75/100)

Highest Average Annual Wage for Physicians, Adjusted for Cost of Living: Mississippi
Lowest Projected Competition by 2024: Idaho
Least Punitive State Medical Boards: Maine
Lowest Malpractice Award Payout Amount per Capita: Wisconsin
Least Expensive Annual Malpractice Liability Insurance: Nebraska

Disclaimer: The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.