Medpage Today's 2018 orthopedic salary survey compared orthopedic nurse practitioner pay to nurse to other specializations.
Health Media designed and fielded the survey, collecting more than 20,000 responses, 7,753 of which contained salary information. Survey Design & Analysis analyzed the data.
How orthopedic nurse practitioner salary compares to other specialties:
1. Cardiology: $112,529
2. Critical care: $139,964
3. Emergency medicine: $121,395
4. Family medicine: $108,531
5. Gastroenterology: $106,933
6. General surgery: $126,289
7. Hospitalist: $118,879
8. Internal medicine: $106,346
9. Nephrology: $107,179
10. Neurology: $115,494
11. OB-GYN: $102,534
12. Oncology: $115,786
13. Orthopedics: $111,467
14. Pain management: $105,111
15. Pediatrics: $101,279
16. Psychiatry: $127,237