PMHNP Hiring

2026 Advertised Pay Data

PMHNP Salary Guide

National median $150,000 per year, computed from live postings that disclose a range. State-by-state medians, practice settings, and tools to pressure-test any offer.

Advertised Pay Explorer

Live figures from postings on this site. Pick a state; only states with at least 5 disclosed ranges appear.

Median advertised pay in the United States
$150,000
per year, from 1,167 postings with disclosed ranges
p25 $116Kmiddle 50% of postingsp75 $183K

Key Numbers

$150KNational Median
$116K to $183KMiddle 50%
1,167Postings Analyzed
41%NP Job Growth (BLS projection)

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Figures computed from live postings on this site. Methodology below.

Salary

Quick Answer: PMHNP Salary in 2026

The median advertised PMHNP salary is $150,000 per year across 1,167 live postings with disclosed ranges. The middle 50% of postings advertise $116K to $183K. The highest advertised medians right now: New Hampshire ($275K), Rhode Island ($241K), Connecticut ($197K). On a standard 2,080-hour year that median works out to about $72 per hour (a derived conversion, not an advertised hourly rate). These are advertised figures, not self-reported earnings, and they refresh daily.

Data as of Nov 11, 2026, from the newest posting in this dataset.

$150K
Median Advertised
$116K to $183K
Middle 50%
1,167
Postings Analyzed
22%
Remote Share of Postings

Salary by Location

PMHNP Salary by State

Median advertised pay per state, ranked. Click any state for its full guide and open jobs.

Note: live data from active postings that disclose a salary range. States appear once at least 5 postings disclose a range; the middle-50% column needs 10.

StateMedianMiddle 50%Open JobsActions
$275k n=13$130k to $275k15Jobs
$241k n=19$205k to $243k20Jobs
$197k n=26$142k to $239k27Jobs
$196k n=12$160k to $275k15Jobs
$193k n=12$140k to $223k15Jobs
$182k n=9median only13Jobs
$180k n=6median only7Jobs
$180k n=82$142k to $225k84Jobs
$170k n=6median only8Jobs
$169k n=16$129k to $204k19Jobs
$168k n=14$112k to $193k15Jobs
$166k n=22$122k to $166k23Jobs
$165k n=47$150k to $172k47Jobs
$160k n=14$120k to $180k16Jobs
$160k n=78$135k to $177k95Jobs
$156k n=20$94k to $165k23Jobs
$151k n=62$129k to $159k69Jobs
$151k n=32$116k to $160k36Jobs
$150k n=67$129k to $185k69Jobs
$149k n=5median only7Jobs
$146k n=36$115k to $199k40Jobs
$146k n=23$114k to $167k27Jobs
$145k n=49$119k to $160k64Jobs
$144k n=53$118k to $180k59Jobs
$144k n=18$112k to $163k28Jobs
$143k n=19$111k to $193k20Jobs
$139k n=35$123k to $166k41Jobs
$138k n=6median only9Jobs
$135k n=51$99k to $159k64Jobs
$133k n=36$111k to $159k40Jobs
$133k n=20$97k to $159k21Jobs
$133k n=14$110k to $169k17Jobs
$130k n=34$93k to $164k38Jobs
$126k n=7median only12Jobs
$125k n=5median only8Jobs
$125k n=22$103k to $156k24Jobs
$122k n=9median only12Jobs
$121k n=64$98k to $167k68Jobs
$106k n=18$86k to $160k27Jobs

Salary Breakdown

What Impacts Your Earnings

Experience

Why We Don't Publish an Experience Table

Fewer than 1% of live postings state a required experience level alongside a salary range, so any “new grad vs 10 years” dollar table would be invented. What postings show instead: most employers advertise one range for the role and negotiate within it based on autonomy, panel size, and prescriptive experience.

If you are negotiating, the honest move is to find where an offer lands in the advertised distribution for your state. The Offer Analyzer does that in your browser, and new grad friendly roles are tagged across the board.

Setting

By Setting (Live)

Median advertised pay, national. Settings need 5+ disclosed ranges to appear.

Telehealth
n=22
$207K
Outpatient
n=46
$183K
Remote
n=117
$183K
Inpatient
n=14
$152K
Specialty

High-Demand Niches

Scarce skills tend to command stronger offers. Browse live postings per niche instead of trusting invented premium percentages.

Practice Authority

Full Practice Authority

28 states and DC grant Full Practice Authority. FPA opens independent practice and private-practice ownership, which widens your earning ceiling.

✓ Full Practice Authority

  • • Independent practice allowed
  • • Can own a practice outright
  • • Full prescriptive autonomy

Restricted / Reduced

  • • Collaboration agreement needed
  • • Supervision costs reduce margin
  • • Ownership options limited

See every state on the interactive map →

Market Intelligence

Live Market Snapshot

1,379
Live postings right now
22%
Fully remote share
39
States with salary data
New Hampshire
Top advertised median ($275K)

Why Demand Stays High

  • • 155 million Americans live in mental health shortage areas (HRSA)
  • • 41% projected NP job growth from 2025 to 2035 (BLS)
  • • Psychiatric prescriber shortages persist in most states (HRSA)

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Factors Affecting PMHNP Salary

Geographic Location

Geographic Location

High cost-of-living, high-demand states tend to advertise more. Compare states in the live table above rather than relying on rules of thumb.

Experience Level

Experience Level

Employers pay for autonomy: prescriptive experience, panel size, and supervision-free practice. Most postings advertise one range regardless of years, then negotiate within it.

Practice Setting

Practice Setting

Private practice and telehealth roles often advertise differently than hospital or community settings. See the live setting medians above.

Employment Type

Employment Type

1099 contract rates usually look higher than W-2 salaries because they carry self-employment tax and no benefits. Run both through our 1099 vs W-2 calculator before comparing.

Specialization

Specialization

Niches with fewer qualified candidates (addiction, child and adolescent, forensic) are frequently in demand. Browse those categories to see what employers actually offer.

Negotiation

Negotiation

Knowing the advertised percentile of your offer is leverage. The Offer Analyzer shows exactly where an offer lands before you counter.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQHow much do PMHNPs make in 2026?
Across 1,167 live postings with disclosed ranges, the median advertised PMHNP salary is $150K per year. The middle 50% of postings advertise between $116K and $183K. These are advertised figures from job postings, not self-reported earnings.
FAQWhat does the median PMHNP salary work out to per hour?
Divided over a standard 2,080-hour work year (40 hours for 52 weeks), the $150K median advertised salary works out to about $72 per hour. This is a derived figure (annual median divided by 2,080), not an advertised hourly rate: contract and locum roles quoted hourly usually price differently because they exclude benefits. Use the salary converter to run your own schedule.
FAQWhich states advertise the highest PMHNP pay?
By median advertised pay in current postings (minimum 10 disclosed ranges): 1. New Hampshire ($275K, n=13), 2. Rhode Island ($241K, n=19), 3. Connecticut ($197K, n=26). Rankings shift as postings change; the table above updates daily.
FAQDo telehealth or remote PMHNPs make less than in-person?
In current postings, fully remote roles advertise a median of $162K (n=223) against an overall median of $150K. Remote work trades some pay range for flexibility and a national job pool, and 22% of live postings are remote.
FAQHow can I increase my PMHNP salary?
The levers with the strongest evidence: practice in a Full Practice Authority state (see our practice authority map), build experience in scarce niches like addiction or child and adolescent psychiatry, compare 1099 contract rates against W-2 packages honestly (our calculator does the tax math), and negotiate from data. The Offer Analyzer shows the exact percentile of any offer against live postings.
FAQHow much do travel or locum tenens PMHNPs make?
Locum and travel contracts are usually quoted hourly and can look much higher than salaried roles, but they typically exclude benefits and add self-employment tax. Browse current locum tenens postings for real rates, and use the salary converter to annualize an hourly quote under your actual schedule.

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Maintained by Sathish Kumar, creator of PMHNP Hiring. For media inquiries or custom data requests, contact press@pmhnphiring.com.

🧰 Put This Data to Work

Free tools built on the same live posting data: check whether your offer is competitive, convert hourly to annual, compare 1099 vs W-2 take-home, or see practice authority by state.

Data Sources & Methodology: every dollar figure on this page is a median of advertised salary midpoints from the 1,379 live postings on this site. Employer-estimated ranges are excluded; defective ranges (implausible bounds, max more than 3× min, midpoints outside $50k to $500k) are quarantined; figures only publish when at least 5 postings disclose a range, and percentile ranges need 10. Labor-market context (job growth, shortage areas) is attributed to BLS and HRSA where cited. Figures refresh daily.

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