Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Career, Salary and Skills
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $97,550 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 3,379,720. Wage data is published for 433 locations.
Occupation description
Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.
O*NET code
29-1141.02
Job zone
5
Typical education
Master's Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$97,550
Hourly median
$46.90
Employment
3,379,720
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.38 | 4.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.25 | 4.88 |
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Time Management | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | 3.88 | 4.00 |
Typical tasks
- Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
- Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
- Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.
- Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements.
- Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
- Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.
- Consult with psychiatrists or other professionals when unusual or complex cases are encountered.
Technology
- AUDIT-C
- Beck Anxiety Inventory
- Beck Depression Inventory
- Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale BPRS Nursing Modification
- California Verbal Learning Test
- Category Fluency Test
- Children's Depression Inventory
- Controlled Oral Word Association Task
- Electroconvulsive therapy equipment
- Epic HER
- Geriatric Depression Scale
- Google Meet
- Hendrich Falls Risk Model
- Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in CAMedian $140,270 · Employment 338,940
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in TXMedian $95,970 · Employment 271,380
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in FLMedian $84,190 · Employment 229,940
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in NYMedian $109,440 · Employment 205,810
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in New York, NYMedian $119,720 · Employment 197,740
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in PAMedian $96,430 · Employment 146,520
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in OHMedian $82,510 · Employment 143,730
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in ILMedian $95,990 · Employment 138,910
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in NCMedian $84,350 · Employment 111,120
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $135,560 · Employment 109,360
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in MIMedian $94,300 · Employment 104,950
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Salary in GAMedian $93,550 · Employment 100,950
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.