Acute care nurse practitioner earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level acute care nurse practitioner earnings begin at:

$41.74 per hour

$86,820 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level acute care nurse practitioner earnings begin at:

$37.69 per hour

$78,380 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level acute care nurse practitioner earnings begin at:

$34.93 per hour

$72,650 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level acute care nurse practitioner earnings begin at:

$28.71 per hour

$59,720 per year

10th percentile

Starting level acute care nurse practitioner earnings begin at:

$23.01 per hour

$47,860 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Acute care nurse practitioner salary by state

State Name Average Salary
Oregon $99,410
Alaska $99,110
Washington $96,980
New York $96,170
District of Columbia $95,220
Massachusetts $94,960
New Jersey $94,690
Connecticut $83,860
Nevada $79,360
Minnesota $79,100
Rhode Island $78,900
Maryland $78,350
New Mexico $78,340
Arizona $78,260
Colorado $78,070
Illinois $77,580
Texas $77,320
New Hampshire $77,230
Pennsylvania $76,940
Virginia $76,900
Michigan $76,710
Wisconsin $76,560
Idaho $75,560
Delaware $75,380
Vermont $75,380
Georgia $75,040
Maine $75,040
Florida $75,000
Montana $75,000
Utah $75,000
Wyoming $75,000
Virgin Islands, U.S. $74,710
Ohio $74,080
North Dakota $73,250
South Carolina $72,650
North Carolina $72,220
Louisiana $64,450
Nebraska $64,000
Kentucky $62,480
Indiana $62,400
Tennessee $62,390
West Virginia $62,390
Oklahoma $62,170
Missouri $61,920
Iowa $61,790
Kansas $61,790
Arkansas $61,530
Mississippi $60,790
South Dakota $60,550
Alabama $60,510
Guam $58,980
Puerto Rico $36,320
California $125,340
Hawaii $111,070

How do acute care nurse practitioner salaries compare to similar careers?

Acute care nurse practitioners earn about the same as related careers in South Carolina. On average, they make less than nuclear medicine technologists but more than respiratory therapists.

Career Median Salary
Nuclear medicine technologist salary $75K
Midwife salary $77K
Audiologist salary $74K
Nurse educator salary $66K
Diagnostic medical sonographer salary $75K
Registered nurse salary $73K
Clinical nurse specialist salary $73K
Acute care nurse practitioner salary $73K
MRI technologist salary $73K
Respiratory therapist salary $60K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)