Washington State surveyed advanced practice nurses to describe salaries according to demographic criteria, characteristics of practice as well as salary satisfaction. Men earned $6,000 more per year than women and those APN’s working in the hospitalist role earned the highest average salary.

The average salary was reported as $80,071 yearly or $35.13 hourly. APN’s with a Master’s Degree reported $1,370 less income per year than those with a bachelor degree. This difference may be due to the years of clinical experience. The bachelor degreed nurses had an average of 23 years of clinical in comparison to only 9.6 years of those with master’s degrees. Those doctorally educated APN’s received $10,613 higher annual salary than those with master’s degrees.

The highest paid APN’s worked in operating rooms ($89,438), occupational health settings ($89,375) and hospital emergency departments ($85,820) an hospital obstetrics ($84,575). Those with the lowest average salary were found in school and college health centers and Planned Parenthood clinics ($60,450).

For more information on this study check out the article in Medscape Nurses from WebMD.

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