Nurse Practitioner Pay in New England

May 2020 data released earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put nurse practitioner (NP) employment in the United States at more than 303,000.  The six-state New England region held more than 17,900 nurse practitioner jobs at that time.  BLS data indicated New England to be a moderately good one for nurse practitioner pay, despite the fact that two states in the region had a NP annual mean wage level that was below the national average. The other four states in the region, all of whom had NP annual mean wage levels higher than the national average, were home to over three-quarters of the region's NPs. Moreover, half the NPs in the region lived in Massachusetts, a state that ranked among the ten best states in the country for nurse practitioner annual mean wages. A closer examination of BLS data from May 2024 shows the following about nurse practitioner pay in New England:

Nurse Practitioner Pay in New England

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CT	3,680	$141,140	7th
MA	8,920	$145,140	4th
ME	1,630	$127,750	28th
NH	1,790	$133,660	13th
RI	1,200	$139,600	9th
VT	680	$130,580	20th
U.S.	303,410	$130,077	-------

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on July 23, 2025

Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Southeast

The most current occupational employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put the number of family medicine physicians employed in the United States at more than 104,000 as of May 20204 More than 24,700 family medicine physicians were employed at that time in the twelve-state Southeast region of the country.  BLS data reveals the region to have much disparity in family physician pay.  Four states in the region ranked among the top third of all states for family medicine physician annual mean wages, while at the same time seven other Southeastern states ranked among the bottom third of states on the same metric.  Overall, however, the region was a subpar one for family physician pay as the data showed about 67% of the region's practitioners lived in a state where the annual mean wage for family medicine physicians was below the national average.  A closer examination of May 2024 data from the BLS details the following about family medicine physician pay in the Southeast:

Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Southeast

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
AL	380	$212,590	46th
AR	1,070	$117,030	49th
FL	7,580	$243,800	31st
GA	3,250	$286,050	10th
KY	1,520	$277,570	12th
LA	910	$238,000	34th
MS	780	$261,520	20th
NC	1,940	$226,820	38th
SC	1,060	$253,640	25th
TN	2,520	$256,650	23rd
VA	3,480	$220,010	43rd
WV	230	$249,170	27th
U.S.	104,780	$253,047	-------

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on July 21, 2025