Pay distribution $153,280 10th $176,490 25th $241,910 75th $273,960 90th
Half of Nurse Practitioners in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $219,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $176,490 and $241,910.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $153,280 $176,490 $219,080 $241,910 $273,960 Hourly $73.69 $84.85 $105.33 $116.30 $131.71
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Francisco metro areathis metro area
$219,080 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $176,490 to $241,910
$168,520 median for California; middle half earns $145,980 to $209,350
$132,300 median for United States; middle half earns $117,990 to $156,700
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +30% vs California overall and +66% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $101,040 $144,547 $188,053 $231,560 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $101,040 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $101,220 Johnson City, TN — $102,430 Mobile, AL — $103,480 Gadsden, AL — $103,700 Huntsville, AL — $103,900 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $104,410 Montgomery, AL — $105,050 Morristown, TN — $105,560 Dothan, AL — $105,730 Cleveland, TN — $107,360 Birmingham, AL — $107,700 Decatur, AL — $107,760 Jackson, TN — $108,260 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $108,500 Knoxville, TN — $109,740 Tuscaloosa, AL — $110,460 Decatur, IL — $110,820 Sumter, SC — $112,080 Bowling Green, KY — $112,970 Rome, GA — $112,970 Hattiesburg, MS — $113,300 Sebring, FL — $114,870 Enid, OK — $115,030 Clarksville, TN-KY — $115,160 Manhattan, KS — $115,350 Elizabethtown, KY — $115,540 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $115,860 Johnstown, PA — $115,950 Wichita, KS — $116,100 Monroe, MI — $116,260 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $116,480 Valdosta, GA — $117,400 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $117,400 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $117,670 Chambersburg, PA — $117,780 Rocky Mount, NC — $117,880 Tallahassee, FL — $117,880 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $118,210 Dalton, GA — $118,330 Albany, GA — $118,370 Canton-Massillon, OH — $118,370 Savannah, GA — $118,410 Columbia, SC — $118,470 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $118,470 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $119,130 Amarillo, TX — $119,150 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $119,280 Pittsburgh, PA — $119,630 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $119,640 Altoona, PA — $119,930 Homosassa Springs, FL — $119,990 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $120,270 Lima, OH — $120,350 Terre Haute, IN — $120,370 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $120,510 Jacksonville, NC — $120,700 Grand Junction, CO — $120,710 Lynchburg, VA — $120,710 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $120,870 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $120,880 Lafayette, LA — $120,930 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $120,970 Spartanburg, SC — $121,120 Sandusky, OH — $121,230 Laredo, TX — $121,360 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $121,390 Fayetteville, NC — $121,410 Columbus, GA-AL — $121,530 Warner Robins, GA — $121,540 Toledo, OH — $121,780 Casper, WY — $121,810 Mansfield, OH — $121,870 Florence, SC — $121,930 Erie, PA — $122,100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $122,320 Harrisonburg, VA — $122,340 Muncie, IN — $122,490 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $122,550 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $122,900 Dover, DE — $122,930 Hot Springs, AR — $122,940 Goldsboro, NC — $122,950 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $123,070 Alexandria, LA — $123,080 Hammond, LA — $123,350 Evansville, IN — $123,450 Saginaw, MI — $123,580 Williamsport, PA — $123,830 Traverse City, MI — $123,910 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $123,970 Rapid City, SD — $124,160 Paducah, KY-IL — $124,200 Monroe, LA — $124,340 Ocala, FL — $124,430 Lincoln, NE — $124,440 Springfield, OH — $124,440 State College, PA — $124,470 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $124,520 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $124,520 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $124,530 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $124,530 Columbus, OH — $124,580 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $124,600 Battle Creek, MI — $124,630 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $124,680 Jackson, MS — $124,730 Beckley, WV — $124,790 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $124,800 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $124,800 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $124,930 Wilmington, NC — $124,990 Lewiston, ID-WA — $125,030 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $125,300 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $125,390 Punta Gorda, FL — $125,460 Salisbury, MD — $125,550 Springfield, MO — $125,630 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $125,660 Grand Island, NE — $125,690 Pocatello, ID — $125,690 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $125,710 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $125,720 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $125,740 Columbus, IN — $125,780 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $125,780 Flint, MI — $126,020 Gainesville, GA — $126,120 College Station-Bryan, TX — $126,210 Kokomo, IN — $126,220 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $126,220 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $126,240 Rochester, MN — $126,270 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $126,330 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $126,460 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $126,550 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $126,620 Joplin, MO-KS — $126,640 Lawrence, KS — $126,650 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $126,680 Odessa, TX — $126,690 Jonesboro, AR — $126,760 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $126,820 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $126,820 Farmington, NM — $126,900 Fort Wayne, IN — $127,050 Akron, OH — $127,090 Lubbock, TX — $127,100 El Paso, TX — $127,110 Bloomington, IN — $127,120 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $127,190 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $127,380 Lexington Park, MD — $127,460 Green Bay, WI — $127,540 Ames, IA — $127,600 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $127,660 Niles, MI — $127,700 Rockford, IL — $127,720 Sherman-Denison, TX — $127,760 Asheville, NC — $127,770 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $127,780 Richmond, VA — $127,820 Bay City, MI — $127,830 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $127,840 Texarkana, TX-AR — $127,920 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $128,050 Rochester, NY — $128,110 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $128,120 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $128,130 Morgantown, WV — $128,130 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $128,140 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $128,150 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $128,150 Idaho Falls, ID — $128,260 Kankakee, IL — $128,320 Lake Charles, LA — $128,460 Wheeling, WV-OH — $128,640 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $128,680 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $128,700 Jefferson City, MO — $128,710 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $128,710 Port St. Lucie, FL — $128,770 Owensboro, KY — $128,780 Lebanon, PA — $128,790 Flagstaff, AZ — $128,870 Peoria, IL — $128,920 Waco, TX — $128,920 Columbia, MO — $128,930 Ogden, UT — $129,000 Appleton, WI — $129,030 Iowa City, IA — $129,030 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $129,060 Baton Rouge, LA — $129,070 Abilene, TX — $129,120 San Angelo, TX — $129,180 Longview, TX — $129,210 Charleston, WV — $129,260 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $129,270 Tucson, AZ — $129,340 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $129,350 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $129,450 Jackson, MI — $129,460 Victoria, TX — $129,580 Dubuque, IA — $129,620 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $129,670 Wausau, WI — $129,720 Yuma, AZ — $129,770 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $129,860 Cedar Rapids, IA — $129,890 Colorado Springs, CO — $129,950 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $130,000 Fargo, ND-MN — $130,070 Bismarck, ND — $130,140 Springfield, IL — $130,200 Portland-South Portland, ME — $130,240 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $130,310 Wichita Falls, TX — $130,310 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $130,330 Great Falls, MT — $130,330 Walla Walla, WA — $130,380 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $130,390 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $130,400 Greenville, NC — $130,430 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $130,460 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $130,640 Pueblo, CO — $130,650 Winchester, VA-WV — $130,700 Kansas City, MO-KS — $130,760 Cleveland, OH — $130,800 Minot, ND — $130,820 Winston-Salem, NC — $130,840 Greeley, CO — $130,950 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $130,980 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $130,990 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $131,340 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $131,450 Bangor, ME — $131,460 St. Cloud, MN — $131,520 St. Louis, MO-IL — $131,580 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $131,600 Twin Falls, ID — $131,640 Missoula, MT — $131,650 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $131,660 York-Hanover, PA — $131,700 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $131,740 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $131,770 Sheboygan, WI — $131,880 Burlington, NC — $131,980 Fond du Lac, WI — $131,980 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $131,990 Las Cruces, NM — $131,990 Syracuse, NY — $132,010 Kenosha, WI — $132,210 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $132,220 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $132,230 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $132,230 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $132,300 Tyler, TX — $132,490 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $132,500 Gettysburg, PA — $132,510 Eau Claire, WI — $132,530 Boise City, ID — $132,610 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $132,670 Topeka, KS — $132,740 Lawton, OK — $132,940 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $133,050 Madison, WI — $133,080 Logan, UT-ID — $133,110 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $133,130 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $133,370 Oklahoma City, OK — $133,390 Omaha, NE-IA — $133,760 Corpus Christi, TX — $133,810 Glens Falls, NY — $133,810 Jacksonville, FL — $133,810 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $133,860 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $133,890 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $133,900 Lancaster, PA — $133,940 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $134,040 Gainesville, FL — $134,270 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $134,350 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $134,390 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $134,470 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $134,560 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $134,590 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $134,840 Cheyenne, WY — $134,890 Roanoke, VA — $134,920 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $134,950 Worcester, MA — $135,120 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $135,160 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $135,170 Reading, PA — $135,390 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $135,520 Urban Honolulu, HI — $135,570 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $135,630 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $135,700 Utica-Rome, NY — $135,790 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $135,930 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $136,000 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $136,270 Helena, MT — $136,420 Duluth, MN-WI — $136,530 Corvallis, OR — $136,650 Pittsfield, MA — $136,730 Ithaca, NY — $136,980 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $137,100 Reno, NV — $137,360 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $138,120 Springfield, MA — $138,460 Mankato, MN — $138,580 Killeen-Temple, TX — $138,670 Elmira, NY — $138,700 Boulder, CO — $138,820 Yakima, WA — $138,860 Binghamton, NY — $139,030 Billings, MT — $139,050 Bloomington, IL — $139,190 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $139,330 Tulsa, OK — $139,460 St. George, UT — $139,590 Barnstable Town, MA — $139,840 Bozeman, MT — $139,990 New Haven, CT — $140,880 Albuquerque, NM — $140,950 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $141,530 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $141,790 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $141,990 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $142,350 Charlottesville, VA — $142,950 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $143,330 Albany, OR — $143,510 Ann Arbor, MI — $143,580 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $144,060 Santa Fe, NM — $144,250 Fairbanks-College, AK — $144,300 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $145,550 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $145,950 Midland, TX — $146,610 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $147,480 Bellingham, WA — $147,890 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $147,890 Grants Pass, OR — $148,160 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $148,800 Longview-Kelso, WA — $148,960 Vineland, NJ — $149,230 Kingston, NY — $151,370 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $151,740 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $153,630 Medford, OR — $155,580 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $156,470 Anchorage, AK — $157,430 Merced, CA — $158,750 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $158,890 Bend, OR — $159,100 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $159,150 Visalia, CA — $159,430 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $160,090 Redding, CA — $160,480 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $161,470 Salem, OR — $162,600 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $162,950 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $163,340 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $163,860 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $164,210 El Centro, CA — $164,700 Yuba City, CA — $165,020 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $165,580 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $165,580 Salinas, CA — $166,090 Fresno, CA — $166,570 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $167,040 Chico, CA — $167,080 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $167,190 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $168,540 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $169,920 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $172,010 Modesto, CA — $173,380 Napa, CA — $176,270 Vallejo, CA — $182,370 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $219,080 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $231,560 San Francisco metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Francisco metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 383 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for nurse practitioners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$219,080 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $176,490 to $241,910
$231,560 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $178,880 to $279,950
$182,370 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $155,180 to $243,110
$176,270 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $163,590 to $225,740
$173,380 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $162,980 to $217,360
$172,010 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $149,350 to $221,990
$169,920 median for Riverside metro area; middle half earns $155,270 to $195,670
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .