NPs and PAs reported average annual salaries in the 2019 survey of $107,973 and $115,881, respectively.
Results also showed a narrowing wage gap between male and female advanced practice providers. In 2018, men earned approximately $17,000 more than their female counterparts. The 2019 survey reports that male NPs earned approximately $11,000 more than female NPs, and male PAs earned an estimated $15,000 more than female PAs.
Average PA salary by practice setting:
- Family medicine — $109,259
- Pediatrics — $116,806
- Psychiatry — $109,000
- Adult medicine — $120,577
- Primary care — $120,887
- Urgent care — $125,281
- Geriatric medicine — $165,833
- Other — $112,730
Average NP salary by practice setting:
- Family medicine $102,158
- Pediatrics — $97,160
- Psychiatry — $130,382
- Adult medicine — $107,672
- Primary care — $104,032
- Urgent care — $116,293
- Geriatric medicine — $112,177
- Other — $110,096
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