Chicago-area positions (31)
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Mental Health Provider (Psychiatric PA or PMHNP) - West Town
Chicago, IL (West Town)
Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Wicker Park)
Chicago, IL
Mental Health Provider (PMHNP or Psych PA)
Chicago, IL (Magnificent Mile)
Outpatient Psychiatrist - Magnificent Mile - IL
Chicago, IL (Magnificent Mile)
Outpatient Psychiatrist - Schaumburg, IL
Schaumburg, IL
Mental Health Provider (Psychiatric PA or PMHNP)
Chicago, IL (West Town)
Physician Assistant and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Sickle Cell Disease, Full-time, Days
Chicago, IL
Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (with RNFA) - Cardiac Surgery (CORE), Full-time, Days
Chicago, IL
Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine, Full-time, Rotating
Chicago, IL
Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Medical Intensive Care Unit / Rapid Response Team, Full-time, Rotating
Chicago, IL
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Salary Insights
Based on Chicago NP positions with salary data.
Why This Market
Why NPs Choose Chicago
Reduced Practice Authority · 7% above US average cost of living · 2.7M population
More affordable than NYC, Boston, or LA while maintaining competitive NP salaries
World-class academic medical centers: Northwestern, Rush, UChicago Medicine, UIC, Loyola
Large underserved communities on the South and West sides with federal loan-repayment eligibility
A defined route out of the collaborative agreement — 4,000 clinical hours plus 250 hours of continuing education
Inside the metro
How the Chicago market is put together
Who you’ll be caring for
Chicago's healthcare access varies sharply by neighborhood — South and West side communities have far fewer providers per resident than affluent areas, creating strong demand for NPs in community health centers and safety-net systems. The city's large immigrant population also puts a premium on multilingual, culturally competent care.
Live market snapshot
- Open NP roles here
- 31
- All Illinois roles
- 88
- Share of the state’s listings
- 35%
- Posted pay vs statewide
- +$29k
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
01Illinois Medical District
One of the largest urban medical districts in the country, packing Rush, UIC, Stroger, and the Jesse Brown VA into a few square blocks on the Near West Side.
02Streeterville and the Loop
Northwestern's downtown campus and the highest-profile specialty roles in the metro, with the corresponding competition for them.
03South Side
UChicago Medicine plus the deepest provider shortages in the city. Community health center roles in Englewood, Roseland, and Chatham are the most likely in Chicagoland to carry federal loan repayment.
04West Side — Austin and Lawndale
Federally qualified health centers and hospital outreach clinics serving neighborhoods with severe access gaps; heavy chronic-disease and care-coordination workloads.
05Suburban ring — Evanston, Park Ridge, Naperville, Oak Brook
Where much of the metro's ambulatory volume and a large share of NP jobs actually sit. Cheaper housing, car commutes, and commercially insured panels.
Practice authority follows the state, not the metro — Illinois is a reduced-practice jurisdiction on the AANP State Practice Environment map. Editorial for this metro last reviewed 2026-07-29.
Before You Apply
Getting Started in Chicago
Licensure
Illinois has Reduced Practice Authority. Illinois is classified as a reduced-practice state.
Cost of Living
Chicago cost of living is 7% above US average. Cost of living in Chicago is 7% above the national average, driven by housing in popular neighborhoods.
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