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PMHNPjobs in TX. Find your fit.

We do not publish a hand-written average. Pay figures on this site are medians of the salary ranges live postings disclose, published with their sample size, so the current Texas figure lives at pmhnphiring.com/salary-guide/texas. Texas charges no state income tax, so a DFW PMHNP keeps more of the same nominal figure than a colleague in California or New York.

No. Texas is a Restricted Practice Authority state: PMHNPs practice under physician supervision through a prescriptive authority agreement (PAA) that sets out scope and protocols. Most employers facilitate the agreement, but independent practice is not available on a Texas license alone, and APRNs can prescribe Schedule II drugs only for hospital and hospice patients.

DFW is the 4th-largest US metro by population (Census Bureau, 2025), and Texas has more people living in federally designated mental health shortage areas than any other state (HRSA, September 30, 2026). Texas also charges no state income tax on wages, metro prices run about 3% above the national average (BEA, 2024), and major health systems such as UT Southwestern, Baylor Scott & White, and Parkland are based here.