# Nurse practitioner salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Nurse Practitioners.

United States median: $132,300. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| California | $168,520 | $145,980 | $209,350 |
| New Jersey | $159,310 | $136,740 | $170,530 |
| Washington | $156,100 | $129,670 | $169,500 |
| Oregon | $155,680 | $134,840 | $168,700 |
| Alaska | $155,170 | $126,080 | $172,000 |
| New York | $153,510 | $132,490 | $170,290 |
| Massachusetts | $142,440 | $132,460 | $168,100 |
| Nevada | $140,670 | $110,160 | $161,760 |
| Connecticut | $138,470 | $124,870 | $160,700 |
| New Hampshire | $137,550 | $125,030 | $155,620 |
| New Mexico | $137,520 | $124,740 | $160,950 |
| Montana | $137,210 | $123,260 | $151,860 |
| Rhode Island | $135,970 | $131,310 | $163,450 |
| District of Columbia | $135,880 | $125,490 | $160,950 |
| Hawaii | $135,570 | $124,530 | $165,810 |
| Vermont | $134,740 | $127,340 | $157,000 |
| Arizona | $134,420 | $126,880 | $159,780 |
| Oklahoma | $133,390 | $122,530 | $152,330 |
| Minnesota | $133,260 | $111,750 | $155,260 |
| Colorado | $132,930 | $118,410 | $150,990 |
| Idaho | $132,540 | $123,920 | $151,600 |
| Wyoming | $132,200 | $116,430 | $143,420 |
| Nebraska | $132,130 | $118,440 | $140,900 |
| Wisconsin | $131,980 | $123,410 | $147,970 |
| Texas | $131,670 | $113,840 | $147,660 |
| Michigan | $131,450 | $117,990 | $140,850 |
| Maryland | $131,110 | $119,660 | $147,140 |
| Delaware | $131,040 | $112,020 | $153,050 |
| Utah | $130,920 | $120,740 | $150,940 |
| Illinois | $130,680 | $113,320 | $142,000 |
| Maine | $130,260 | $120,830 | $141,440 |
| Iowa | $130,160 | $122,720 | $141,940 |
| Pennsylvania | $130,140 | $110,960 | $142,720 |
| North Dakota | $130,070 | $107,290 | $135,620 |
| Missouri | $129,930 | $119,910 | $144,640 |
| Florida | $129,510 | $112,380 | $137,610 |
| Georgia | $129,430 | $110,360 | $141,240 |
| North Carolina | $128,990 | $114,260 | $142,180 |
| South Dakota | $128,840 | $108,190 | $136,180 |
| Indiana | $128,830 | $111,310 | $135,990 |
| Virginia | $127,810 | $109,180 | $139,500 |
| West Virginia | $127,320 | $108,520 | $133,220 |
| Kansas | $126,650 | $108,460 | $133,940 |
| Arkansas | $125,660 | $105,450 | $137,550 |
| Louisiana | $125,600 | $109,850 | $135,610 |
| Ohio | $124,870 | $106,670 | $134,750 |
| Mississippi | $124,730 | $106,660 | $134,020 |
| South Carolina | $123,290 | $107,930 | $132,220 |
| Kentucky | $122,870 | $106,240 | $132,720 |
| Tennessee | $117,590 | $102,640 | $130,330 |
| Alabama | $105,750 | $97,960 | $123,970 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/nurse-practitioners-29-1171-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/29-1171.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.