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Salary Reports · 2026

PMHNP Salary Guides

Detailed PMHNP salary breakdowns with state-by-state data, experience levels, and what actually moves your pay as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner.

Addiction PMHNP Salary

No salary figure is specific to addiction PMHNPs, so this guide anchors to the psychiatric-NP baseline near $137,000, with the closest official BLS data.

Median $137,000

Child and Adolescent PMHNP Salary

No salary figure is specific to child and adolescent PMHNPs, so this page anchors to the psychiatric PMHNP baseline near $137,000, with BLS NP context.

Median $137,000

DNP-PMHNP Salary

DNP-PMHNP salary: no federal series reports nurse pay by degree. The anchors are the $132,300 BLS nurse practitioner median and AANP's $137,000 PMHNP figure.

Median $132,300

Inpatient PMHNP Salary

Inpatient PMHNP salary in 2026. No BLS figure is specific to hospital psychiatric NPs, so we anchor to the NP baseline near $137,000, plus on-call pay.

Median $137,000

New-Grad PMHNP Salary

What a new-grad PMHNP earns in 2026: starting salaries run about $110,000 to $135,000, often with sign-on bonuses and loan repayment. How to negotiate.

Median $120,000

Nurse Practitioner Salary

How much does a nurse practitioner make? The BLS median is $132,300 a year (May 2025), plus NP pay by state, population focus, experience and practice model.

Median $132,300

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Salary

Psychiatric nurse practitioner salary: the BLS median for nurse practitioners is $132,300 (May 2025), and AANP puts full-time PMHNP income near $137,000.

Median $132,300

Private Practice PMHNP Salary

Private-practice PMHNP income is not published. The employed psychiatric-NP baseline is about $137,000; a cash-pay panel often runs $200,000 to $300,000+.

Median $137,000

Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Salary

Psychiatric clinical nurse specialist salary in 2026: national median near $120,000 by state, experience, and employer, plus why no clean BLS figure exists.

Median $120,000

Psychiatric Nurse Salary

Psychiatric nurse salary in 2026: BLS median of $97,550 for RNs, plus psych nurse pay by state, setting, shift, experience, and how it compares to a PMHNP.

Median $97,550

Psychiatrist Salary

How much do psychiatrists make? The BLS median is $281,870 a year (May 2025), with pay broken down by state, experience, employer, and subspecialty.

Median $281,870

Telehealth PMHNP Salary

What remote and telehealth PMHNPs earn in 2026. W-2 telepsychiatry roles run about $120,000 to $180,000; 1099 contract work pays $75 to $150+ per hour.

Median $140,000