Underpaid detector
Am I Underpaid as a Nurse Practitioner?
Compare your salary against the live Nurse Practitioner market and quantify annual, five-year, and lifetime gaps.
Underpaid by
17%
Underpaid
Annual gap
$22,894
Current $108,800
5-year gap
$135,075
If unaddressed
Lifetime gap
$891,718
25-year, 3.5% compounded
SalaryScope Underpaid Score
28
Severity: Underpaid. Market midpoint for Nurse Practitioner: $131,694.
Recommended next steps
- Open the Nurse Practitioner negotiation playbook and run the market-anchored ask.
- If your gap exceeds 12%, benchmark 2–3 outside offers within 6 months — that's the single fastest fix.
- Review the certification ROI list to unlock a compounding uplift.
- If a promotion is plausible, model it with the promotion guide.
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How we calculate market value
Your local market value blends the Nurse Practitioner national distribution (p10–p90) with your experience curve. The underpaid percentage is the share of market value you're currently missing; the lifetime gap compounds that delta over 25 years at 3.5%.