Nurse Practitioners — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$132,300
United States, 2025
Employment
323,040
United States, 2025
Typical education
Master's Degree
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
10 related careers
Career overview
Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
- O*NET code
- 29-1171.00
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities.
- Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
- Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
- Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
- Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
- Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
- Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.
- Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$101,340
25th percentile
$117,990
75th percentile
$156,700
90th percentile
$174,420
Most important skills
- Active Listening4.1
- Critical Thinking4.1
- Complex Problem Solving4.1
- Reading Comprehension4.1
- Speaking4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0
- Active Learning4.0
- Monitoring4.0
- Social Perceptiveness4.0
- Writing4.0
- Service Orientation3.9
- Coordination3.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 23 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
23
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.1 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.1 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.0 | 4.6 | Not selected | 4.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.1 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.1 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Monitoring | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Writing | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Coordination | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Science | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.5 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Time Management | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Persuasion | 3.3 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Instructing | 3.1 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Operations Analysis | 3.0 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Negotiation | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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National median $64,400
Compare with Nurse PractitionersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $231,560 | 1,580 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $219,080 | 3,110 | 2025 |
| Vallejo, CA | $182,370 | 180 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $176,270 | 60 | 2025 |
| Modesto, CA | $173,380 | 380 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $172,010 | 1,170 | 2025 |
| Riverside, CA | $169,920 | 1,710 | 2025 |
| Hanford, CA | $168,540 | 70 | 2025 |
| CA | $168,520 | 25,120 | 2025 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $167,190 | 190 | 2025 |
| Chico, CA | $167,080 | 140 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $167,040 | 280 | 2025 |
| Fresno, CA | $166,570 | 570 | 2025 |
| Salinas, CA | $166,090 | 140 | 2025 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $165,580 | 430 | 2025 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $165,580 | 200 | 2025 |
| Yuba City, CA | $165,020 | 70 | 2025 |
| El Centro, CA | $164,700 | 70 | 2025 |
| Kahului, HI | $164,210 | 60 | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $163,860 | 2,340 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.