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Everything you need for your NP career — from licensure requirements to salary negotiation.
Salary Calculator & Guide
Interactive salary tool with state, experience, and setting selectors. Complete 2026 data.
Read GuideFull Practice Authority Guide
All 50 states classified. See which states allow independent practice and how FPA impacts pay.
Read GuidePrivate Practice Startup
LLC formation, credentialing, EHR, malpractice insurance, and income projections.
Read GuideInteractive Tool
NP Licensure Checker
Select your state to instantly see requirements, practice authority, salary data, and timeline.
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1099 vs W-2 take-home calculator
Price a contract rate against a salaried offer with self-employment tax, your federal bracket, business expenses, and the benefits a contractor self-funds.
Open the toolCost-of-living salary comparison
Put two cities side by side: posted pay, the cost-of-living gap, and what each salary is actually worth in national-average dollars.
Open the toolNP licensure checker & multi-state planner
Practice authority, licensure steps, and live pay for any state — then line up every state you are considering side by side.
Open the toolWhat should I pay a Nurse Practitioner?
Median and 25th–75th percentile posted pay by state, from live listings — check a planned offer against the market before you post it.
Open the toolNP specialty finder
Eight questions on population, acuity, setting, autonomy, procedures, and schedule — then the specialties that match what you said you want, with live roles and pay for each.
Open the toolPrivate practice revenue projector
Visits, collections per visit, and overhead worked through to net before tax — plus a sensitivity table showing what a wrong assumption costs you.
Open the toolCost-per-hire calculator
A flat-fee posting against sponsored ads and an agency fee, on your own applicant volume and time-to-fill. Our prices are real; every other figure is yours.
Open the toolSalary Calculator
Get a personalized salary estimate based on your state, experience, setting, and specialty.
Use CalculatorFree Salary Guide PDF
Download the 2026 salary guide: national wage benchmarks, pay by experience, setting and specialty, plus what to check before you negotiate.
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