The State of NP Hiring 2026
First published August 6, 2026 · Live figures as of November 14, 2026 · Free to quote with attribution: how to cite us
This report is built from the active nurse practitioner postings on NP Hiring. It describes this board's listings, not the national NP labor market. Where a sample is too small, the report says so instead of showing a figure. National context is cited to the federal and professional sources that publish it.
The board at a glance
4,561
Active postings
715
Hiring organizations
51
States represented
Active postings by specialty
Active postings in each clinical specialty. A posting can match more than one specialty (and some match none), so the rows overlap and do not add up to the total:
- Nurse Anesthetist706
- Psychiatric Mental Health580
- Family Practice359
- Primary Care251
- Cardiology119
- Acute Care118
- Nurse Midwife113
- Oncology105
- Pediatric99
- Women's Health72
- Hospitalist55
- Emergency47
- Clinical Nurse Specialist46
- Palliative & Hospice46
- Orthopedic34
- Dermatology29
- Neonatal28
- Adult-Gerontology17
- Pain Management12
- Aesthetics7
Active postings by state
The 10 states with the most active postings:
- Florida309
- California276
- New York276
- Pennsylvania194
- Massachusetts189
- Texas187
- Illinois179
- Georgia136
- Virginia127
- Michigan124
The remaining 2,000 active postings are spread across 41 further states. Per-state detail is on the salary guide and the state job pages.
Where the work happens
Of 4,561 active postings, the share flagged for each work mode (hybrid counts exclude postings already flagged remote):
9%
Remote
432 postings
9%
Hybrid
391 postings
82%
On-site
3,738 postings
New-grad openness
0% of active postings (7 of 4,561) are flagged open to new graduates, meaning either an explicit zero-experience requirement or an employer's "new grads welcome" flag. Browse them under new-grad roles.
Advertised pay
What employers advertise, from postings that state a pay range. Estimated pay is excluded, and a state appears only with at least 5 salaried postings from at least 3 distinct employers, with no single employer contributing more than 40% of them (the same gates as our salary benchmark tool). These are advertised ranges on this board, not a wage survey.
| Scope | Median | p25 | p75 | Postings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | $140,400 | $118,726 | $169,129 | 2,596 | 514 |
| Alabama | $128,750 | $101,662 | $148,940 | 22 | 14 |
| Arizona | $126,250 | $120,460 | $142,600 | 48 | 25 |
| Arkansas | $110,496 | $75,000 | $122,688 | 23 | 14 |
| California | $180,788 | $155,532 | $210,745 | 218 | 69 |
| Colorado | $137,280 | $124,975 | $169,652 | 76 | 36 |
| Connecticut | $144,560 | $124,403 | $154,180 | 45 | 21 |
| District of Columbia | $140,795 | $130,000 | $175,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Florida | $137,280 | $117,500 | $156,322 | 153 | 72 |
| Georgia | $134,598 | $115,716 | $150,000 | 82 | 40 |
| Illinois | $141,039 | $118,560 | $150,972 | 106 | 42 |
| Indiana | $133,754 | $105,434 | $147,857 | 62 | 29 |
| Kansas | $162,607 | $123,760 | $211,656 | 25 | 18 |
| Kentucky | $139,431 | $117,500 | $177,407 | 26 | 20 |
| Louisiana | $127,486 | $101,625 | $141,537 | 10 | 10 |
| Maine | $130,361 | $105,669 | $202,595 | 32 | 19 |
| Maryland | $136,878 | $127,500 | $150,800 | 32 | 12 |
| Massachusetts | $150,986 | $125,000 | $160,264 | 168 | 33 |
| Michigan | $138,500 | $117,500 | $174,626 | 45 | 25 |
| Minnesota | $145,703 | $129,216 | $163,168 | 76 | 31 |
| Mississippi | $131,675 | $110,760 | $273,738 | 15 | 10 |
| Missouri | $135,800 | $130,000 | $139,360 | 35 | 13 |
| Nebraska | $139,351 | $105,000 | $203,946 | 16 | 9 |
| New Hampshire | $154,794 | $102,830 | $275,000 | 19 | 10 |
| New Jersey | $150,965 | $131,827 | $165,000 | 56 | 24 |
| New Mexico | $133,069 | $115,000 | $172,316 | 22 | 14 |
| New York | $150,800 | $125,000 | $175,000 | 220 | 62 |
| North Carolina | $133,120 | $123,760 | $153,920 | 93 | 38 |
| North Dakota | $137,248 | $112,358 | $155,907 | 9 | 8 |
| Ohio | $137,280 | $117,500 | $162,027 | 86 | 40 |
| Oklahoma | $129,221 | $110,856 | $180,000 | 35 | 14 |
| Oregon | $133,135 | $119,904 | $161,200 | 34 | 25 |
| Pennsylvania | $119,644 | $101,853 | $150,800 | 83 | 37 |
| South Carolina | $123,760 | $97,140 | $165,799 | 47 | 18 |
| Tennessee | $131,608 | $123,500 | $165,360 | 34 | 22 |
| Texas | $141,200 | $102,364 | $171,600 | 110 | 57 |
| Utah | $153,497 | $123,760 | $223,000 | 19 | 10 |
| Virginia | $137,280 | $114,062 | $176,430 | 110 | 44 |
| Washington | $159,550 | $145,376 | $171,600 | 82 | 29 |
| Wisconsin | $134,160 | $104,435 | $144,560 | 18 | 11 |
| Wyoming | $137,248 | $130,000 | $210,080 | 5 | 5 |
How many postings disclose pay at all is covered in its own report: pay transparency on NP Hiring.
National context, cited
| Figure | Value | Primary source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median NP salary, United States | $132,300 | BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025 | 2025-05 |
| Projected NP employment growth | 41% | BLS Employment Projections, Nurse Practitioners (2025 to 2035) | 2026-08 |
| Full Practice Authority jurisdictions | 27 states + DC | AANP State Practice Environment | 2026 |
Methodology, and what this report is not
- Basis. Every live figure is computed from NP Hiring's own active postings (published, unexpired, and not flagged for a repeatedly broken link) at the "as of" time shown in the header. Nothing is sampled, imputed, or carried over from a previous run.
- This is not a national census. It describes one job board's inventory. Postings that were never listed here are invisible to it, and employers who list many roles here weigh more than those who do not.
- Not a wage survey. Pay figures are midpoints of employer-advertised ranges, which skew toward employers willing to advertise pay at all. Estimated pay is excluded.
- Minimum samples. Percentages appear only over at least 100 postings. A distribution row shows on its own only with at least 5 postings. Pay rows need at least 5 salaried postings from at least 3 distinct employers, with no single employer above 40% of them. Below a minimum the section says "sample too small", and a state where one employer exceeds that share is left out of the pay table.
- National context is republished, not produced. Those figures come from the cited federal and professional sources, with their dates shown, and every page of this site quotes the same figures.
- Editions. This is the 2026 edition. Future editions will be published as new pages so that citations of this one keep meaning what they meant.
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