Families / Care

Nurse Practitioner

Diagnoses and treats with prescriptive authority in many states. Sits between nursing hours and physician scope.

Pay band (est.)
$110k–$165k
Time to competence
7 years
Licence
Required
Setting
clinic
Leverage
medium
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
45/100
Hours burden
65/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play23th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge22th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage49th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand99th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay86th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body48th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy48th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit8th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility74th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill28th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load93th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance86th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Scope varies by state; documentation load is heavy.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS-style outlook and wage patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.