average salary for nurse practitioners
Full-Time Salaries. In 2013, the average nurse practitioner working full time earned a salary of $98,817 and the average physician assistant working full-time earned $107,268 (Table 1). Compared to 2012 earnings, full-time salary for NPs increased by $5,785, compared to a $5,103 increase for PAs.As who are women saw the smallest increase, at 3%. Nurse practitioners who are men earned an average increase in annual salary of 3.55%, up from $103,394 in 2012 to $107,065 in 2013. Nurse practitioners who are women increased their salaries by 6.75%, from $91,613 in 2012 to $97,797 in 2013.