Nurse Practitioner Pay in the Great Lakes Region

The latest occupational employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put nurse practitioner (NP) employment in the U.S. at more than 211,000 as of May 2020.  With over 31,700 employed nurse practitioners, the five-state Great Lakes region accounted for 15% of all nurse practitioner jobs nationally in May 2020.  While one of the better regions in the U.S. for nurse practitioner employment, pay for NPs in the region was rather weak.  NP annual mean wages in all Great Lakes states were below the national average for the profession, with Ohio ranking among the bottom ten states nationally for nurse practitioner annual mean wages.  Further examination of May 2020 BLS data shows the following about nurse practitioner pay in the Great Lakes region:

Nurse Practitioner Pay in the Great Lakes Region

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
IL	6,890	$112,060	25th
IN	5,700	$109,940	31st
MI	4,880	$109,150	35th
OH	9,430	$105,630	43rd
WI	4,820	$113,030	21st
U.S.	211,280	$114,510	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 17, 2021