PMHNP Salary Calculator
Estimate your psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner pay by state and experience level. The estimate is built on real BLS OEWS (May 2025) state wage data and the sourced national PMHNP range — and it always shows the real anchor figures behind it. How the numbers are sourced is explained below.
Estimate your PMHNP pay
Pick a state and experience level for an estimated salary. It scales the state's BLS median wage for nurse practitioners by the sourced national PMHNP range for your experience — a labeled estimate, with both real anchors shown beside it. The levers that move pay most are covered in the full salary guide.
California · Mid career (4 to 9 years)
Estimated annual pay
State BLS NP median: $168,520 (+27% vs national)
National Mid career (4 to 9 years) range: $135,000 to $165,000
Data source and methodology
Each state figure is its BLS state median wage for nurse practitioners (BLS OEWS, May 2025) — a real published number. The national median is $132,300. BLS does not report psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners separately: nurse practitioners are a single occupation code covering every specialty. The nearest PMHNP-specific figure comes from a different survey: AANP puts median total income for full-time PMHNPs near $137,000, which counts base plus incentive pay and so is not directly comparable to a BLS wage.
The estimate blends two sourced figures: it takes the national PMHNP pay range for your experience level (a new grad sits near the bottom of the band, a senior clinician near the top) and scales it by how your state pays relative to the national NP average. It is a planning estimate, clearly labeled — not a per-person BLS figure — so we always show the two real anchors it is built from: the state median and the national experience-tier range. States without a verified BLS median use the national range directly.
Practice model moves PMHNP pay too — often more than geography (employed clinic, hospital, telepsychiatry, cash-pay private practice) — and the honest national spread runs $101,340–$174,420. We cover those levers qualitatively in the PMHNP salary guide. Treat the estimate as a starting point, then weigh it against live postings.
Nurse practitioner median wage by state
The BLS state median wage for nurse practitioners — the conservative floor for a PMHNP, who generally earns at or above the all-NP figure. Every number below is the published BLS figure, with no multipliers applied.
| State | BLS median wage (NPs) | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $155,170 | 710 |
| California | $168,520 | 25,120 |
| Connecticut | $138,470 | 3,750 |
| Massachusetts | $142,440 | 8,070 |
| Nevada | $140,670 | 1,930 |
| New Hampshire | $137,550 | 1,770 |
| New Jersey | $159,310 | 9,950 |
| New York | $153,510 | 22,890 |
| Oregon | $155,680 | 2,820 |
| Washington | $156,100 | 6,700 |
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (SOC 29-1171, Nurse Practitioners). PMHNPs generally earn at or above the all-NP state figure; the national PMHNP range runs $101,340–$174,420.