Year over year, median total cash compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners climbed by 4.5 percent, according to a survey released Dec. 7 by consulting firm SullivanCotter.
The "2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey" examines advanced practice provider median total cash compensation, which includes base pay plus performance incentives. It is based on data for nearly 700 organizations, including hospitals, health systems, medical groups and academic medical centers, representing more than 100,000 individual advanced practice providers. The 2022 data reflects total cash compensation from Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021.
Here are the specialties for nurse practitioners with the highest median total cash compensation, according to survey data shared with Becker's:
Pediatrics — neonatal-perinatal medicine: $144,461
Emergency medicine: $137,280
Hospitalist — internal medicine: $128,483
Psychiatry — general: $128,480
Oncology — hematology and oncology: $128,264
Urgent care: $127,320
General surgery: $127,133
Critical care medicine: $126,953
Internal medicine: $126,239
Pediatrics — general: $125,924
Obstetrics/gynecology — general: $123,594
Neurological surgery: $122,343
Cardiology — general: $121,984
Endocrinology and metabolism: $121,721
Family medicine: $120,682
Orthopedic surgery — general: $120,669
Pulmonology — general: $119,790
Neurology: $117,813
Gastroenterology: $116,329
Urology: $115,812