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NP career tools
7 tools built on the same data as the rest of this site: live postings, published federal tax figures, sourced regulatory data, and our own published prices. Each one shows its working: what it assumes, what it excludes, and where the numbers came from. Where we have no defensible figure, the field starts empty and says so rather than guessing.
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
See 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 to 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, followed by 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 toolPrefer to read?
The guides go deeper than the calculators: full practice authority state by state, private-practice startup mechanics, and the full 1099 vs W2 comparison.