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Nurse Practitioner
Los Angeles, California
Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, Full-Time Float - Los Angeles, CA - Onsite
Los Angeles, California
Supervising Psychiatrist
Los Angeles, CA
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Salary Insights
Based on Los Angeles NP positions with salary data.
Why This Market
Why NPs Choose Los Angeles
Restricted Practice Authority · 43% above US average cost of living · 3.9M population
California is consistently the top-paying state for nurse practitioners in BLS wage data
Kaiser Permanente, Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Health, and other major systems actively recruiting NPs
A county of 10M+ residents with persistent provider shortages, especially in underserved areas
Year-round pleasant climate, diverse communities, and a growing telehealth sector
Inside the metro
How the Los Angeles market is put together
Who you’ll be caring for
LA County's 10 million residents generate NP demand across primary care, urgent care, pediatrics, geriatrics, women's health, and behavioral health. County safety-net systems, community clinics, and correctional health programs rely heavily on NPs, and many roles in underserved areas qualify for loan repayment programs.
Live market snapshot
- Open NP roles here
- 3
- All California roles
- 58
- Share of the state’s listings
- 5%
- Posted pay vs statewide
- −$3k
Counted from live listings on this board and refreshed hourly — not a national survey. Pay figures use only listings that post a salary, so they lag the full market.
Where the jobs actually are
01Westside — Westwood, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills
UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai anchor the highest-profile hospital and specialty roles in the county. Commute cost is the trade: this is the most expensive housing in the metro.
02Downtown and East LA
County safety-net facilities and the USC medical campus. High acuity, high volume, and the strongest case for loan-repayment-eligible placements in the metro.
03San Fernando Valley
Dense outpatient, urgent care, and group-practice market with markedly cheaper housing than the Westside. A common first landing spot for NPs relocating into the county.
04South Bay and Long Beach
Hospital systems, VA facilities, and port-adjacent occupational health. Long Beach functions as its own labor market rather than an LA suburb.
05San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire
Riverside and San Bernardino counties have real provider shortages and much lower housing costs; many NPs trade a longer commute or a telehealth schedule for the difference.
Practice authority follows the state, not the metro — California is a restricted-practice jurisdiction on the AANP State Practice Environment map. Editorial for this metro last reviewed 2026-07-29.
Before You Apply
Getting Started in Los Angeles
Licensure
California has Restricted Practice Authority. California NPs generally practice under standardized procedures with physician involvement, though AB 890 (2020) created the 103NP/104NP pathways that let experienced NPs practice with greater independence in certain settings.
Cost of Living
Los Angeles cost of living is 43% above US average. Cost of living in LA runs 43% above the national average, driven primarily by housing.
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