Nurse practitioners, the most requested provider by employers, are paid the most in the Western region of the U.S., according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
The report is based on 2,695 physician and advanced practitioner search engagements conducted from April 1, 2021, to March 31.
Here is the average pay for the top five most requested providers by region:
|
Midwest |
Northeast |
Southeast |
Southwest |
West |
|
|
Nurse practitioner |
$115,454 |
$135,585 |
$122,714 |
$114,654 |
$145,079 |
|
Family medicine |
$255,370 |
$248,621 |
$229,738 |
$247,522 |
$258,323 |
|
Radiology |
$533,556 |
$438,529 |
$428,512 |
$445,000 |
$407,600 |
|
Psychiatry |
$314,375 |
$309,211 |
$304,500 |
$266,429 |
$290,012 |
|
OB-GYN |
$361,143 |
$339,538 |
$276,750 |
$299,250 |
$316,438 |