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Posted on 5/21/26 at 7:06 pm to bsmoth125
Mine was making about 130k working 4 days a week in DPC before she quit to raise kids 4 years ago.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 7:15 pm to bsmoth125
NP of 10 years. Profession is saturated in a lot of areas and salary has stayed the same for the most part since I’ve started. There was a huge salary difference between RN and NP 10 years ago, not so much now in a lot of places. Anywhere from 80-150k depending on area and specialty.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 7:28 pm to bsmoth125
Like any other occupation, it depends on location, experience, etc., but here is a good site to explore. The link below is for the BR metro area but other cities can be found on the site.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Info
Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Info
Posted on 5/21/26 at 7:35 pm to bsmoth125
It sure seems like getting in on the med spa fad is a great way to make bank.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 8:18 pm to Breauxsif
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Wife make $82/hr, plus 1.5 hrs OT, double time on holidays
Isn’t avoiding a shite schedule (your mention of holiday pay) one of the main reasons to become an NP?
Posted on 5/21/26 at 8:25 pm to SW2SCLA
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I cleared over $200k last year as a W2, but I am not a lady
Encountered my first male NP today.... had a sinus crud and went to urgent care... NP was a big older black baw w huge Omega ring.
Gave me the steroid shot I asked for so...5 stars
Posted on 5/21/26 at 8:45 pm to bsmoth125
It’s all over the place. NP school has become big business and their priorities have not been competence. Unfortunately, that’s a trend across all specialties and all professions. I would tell her to look at psych.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 8:53 pm to bsmoth125
Wife works 30 hrs a week 130k in family practice
Posted on 5/21/26 at 9:01 pm to JohnnyMajorsWskyCup
Daughter is a Dermatology NP in Mississippi. Works four days a week and makes about $150k 1099.
90 percent of her patients are acne related teenagers or “I think this is skin cancer” screenings. She has high job satisfaction. Something I never had at her age.
90 percent of her patients are acne related teenagers or “I think this is skin cancer” screenings. She has high job satisfaction. Something I never had at her age.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 9:08 pm to JohnLasater
“Proceed with caution when seeing an NP”
I’ve known some excellent NP’s ,some better than the average PCP.
Thing is they had at least 10 years experience,mostly in ICU/ER.
I worked with some nurses that weren’t good nurses and/or lazy and they became NP’s.Then you have those that graduated nursing school,worked a year then go to NP school.
That’s scary to me.
Some states let NP’s become independent practitioners.Makes no sense IMO.They don’t have a fraction of the education a Dr.does.
I’ve known some excellent NP’s ,some better than the average PCP.
Thing is they had at least 10 years experience,mostly in ICU/ER.
I worked with some nurses that weren’t good nurses and/or lazy and they became NP’s.Then you have those that graduated nursing school,worked a year then go to NP school.
That’s scary to me.
Some states let NP’s become independent practitioners.Makes no sense IMO.They don’t have a fraction of the education a Dr.does.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 9:12 pm to bsmoth125
I used to work for a company that employed several NP’s that exclusively did house calls to senior/bed ridden patients. Serious money in that if that’s something that interests your daughter.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:12 pm to bsmoth125
Wife been an NP since 2018. Works Monday thru Friday no calls or weekends in a nursing home in south east Louisiana. W2 job $220k-$260k a year on average.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:21 pm to bsmoth125
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salaries are people getting as NPs in South Louisiana these days?
Seems like something that should be sorted out before starting school. But anyways, she'll move to Houston and make real money eventually.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:22 pm to bsmoth125
125K in a clinic setting, plus bonuses which is typically 25-30k a year.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:27 pm to bsmoth125
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Curious of starting and career progression?
Pay depends on work setting and can vary. I would say hourly pay is probably in the range of $60-80/hr maybe 90 an hour for a regular NP. I think $100/hr plus for psychiatric NP. Neonatal NPs I think do really well.
Most NPs will be in the $60-80/hr range. As far as I know emergency room NPs make the same no matter the amount of experience. New grad makes the same as someone with 20 years of experience unless they negotiated into their contract. Same goes for PAs. This is my experience working for two different groups in southeast Louisiana and talking to other APPs that have worked for other groups.
Pay changes depending on speciality and work setting. She should think about that before taking a job if she gets multiple offers when she graduates. I was offered a position with a lower base pay salaried position with performance/production bonus, which would probably end up being higher than I make now in the ER & urgent care setting, but I couldn’t see myself doing the job for the next 15+ years until retirement so I turned it down.
The income potential is there, but it just depends on what she’s willing to do/sacrifice to get there. During COVID, I was making the same as an rn as I’m making now, which of course was a special circumstance, but she could do travel nursing and make the same as an NP. It just depends on what kind of stability and family/home life she wants.
One last thing, FNPs aren’t technically trained to work in the hospital inpatient setting, so that is something she should keep in mind when finding a job. She can always go back to school for a post masters/doctorate certificate or take the required skills and educational CEs to sit for boards. State nursing boards haven’t cracked down on this yet, but I think there is a move in that direction coming. There’s some cases where NPs have lost their license or were fined/sanctioned, because they graduated with an FNP and worked as an inpatient provider.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:57 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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Way more money and a very easy workload
CRNA is gravy until the patient decompensates/codes on the table then it's all on you to resuscitate. They are also 3xs more likely to be sued.
One average CRNA make more, but some NP's can certainly match it.
Highest earning potential is in administration, senior leadership CNO at larger medical centers.
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:59 pm to Old Character
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:37 pm to ChatGPT of LA
NP school that is completely online is not accurate whatsoever. Maybe online for undergrad or even some graduate courses, but any NP has to have ~ 750 clinical hours of practice before even graduating school. If specialized (psych, acute care, ED, etc) you will have 1000 + by the time you are licensed. I am an acute care NP in the ICU and know from experience.
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:09 am to LABengal
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NP school that is completely online is not accurate whatsoever. Maybe online for undergrad or even some graduate courses, but any NP has to have ~ 750 clinical hours of practice before even graduating school.
Come on man. This isn’t true, at least in Louisiana, which is the problem. I want to say that minimum, it’s about 500 maybe 520 hours of clinical/preceptorship here. There isn’t a good number of hours that is required and standardized for all states. Training also isn’t standardized ands measured correctly.
Some states allow full practice authority and some states only allow reduced and restricted authority.
You can’t tell me 1,000 hours, if that is actually required, is the same as doing a residency program. I’ve encountered MDs and DOs that have gone through the training and I would trust my life with and at the same time I’ve encountered them and APPs i wouldn’t.
There are definitely programs out there that are 90% or more online and you only have to show up 4 or less days during the whole program to graduate.
I’m an advocate for NPs and PAs, but I’m also realistic in our limitations.
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