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Nurse Practitioner Salary in Connecticut (2026)

The average Nurse Practitioner in Connecticut earns around $138,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $99,525/year ($8,294/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$99,525
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$8,294
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,828
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$48/hr
Federal Tax
$21,854
State Tax
$6,064
FICA Taxes
$10,557
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

27.88%
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Nurse Practitioner Salary Ranges in Connecticut

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$110,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$138,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$220,000

/year

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Not all Nurse Practitioners earn the same — not even close

Connecticut's nurse practitioner market is anchored by Yale-New Haven Health + Hartford HealthCare + Trinity Health Of New England + Stamford Health + Bridgeport Hospital + UConn Health Center Farmington + Connecticut Children's Medical Center + the substantial post-1995 CT NP Full Practice Authority CGS §20-87a et seq. enabling independent NP practice in primary care + urgent care + retail clinics + the substantial post-2020 New Haven + Hartford + Stamford NP-led primary care + Federally Qualified Health Center FQHC NP + Rural Health Center RHC NP + the substantial CT post-2020 NP independent practice growth, Yale School of Nursing DNP-NP (the substantial Yale Nursing one of country's top US nursing schools) + UConn School of Nursing MSN-NP + Quinnipiac School of Nursing + Sacred Heart College of Nursing + Fairfield U School of Nursing + the substantial CT DNP pipeline.

Sr Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP)

$145,000–$225,000+ bonus

PMHNP at CT major systems + private psych + post-2020 CT BH gap

Sr Acute Care NP (ACNP / AGACNP)

$135,000–$210,000+ bonus

ACNP at YNHH + Hartford + St Francis + UConn · ICU + step-down

Sr Family NP (FNP / Primary Care)

$118,000–$178,000+ bonus

FNP at CT major systems + community + independent practice post-FPA

Sr Adult-Gerontology NP (AGNP)

$118,000–$178,000+ bonus

AGNP at CT major systems + geriatric + LTACH + post-2020 CT aging

Sr Emergency NP

$138,000–$210,000+ bonus

ENP at YNHH + Hartford + St Francis + community ED + urgent care

Sr Women Health NP / WHNP

$118,000–$172,000+ bonus

WHNP at CT major systems + Planned Parenthood + community

Sr Pediatric NP (PNP)

$118,000–$172,000+ bonus

PNP at Connecticut Children + Yale Peds + Hartford peds + community

Sr Independent Practice NP (post-FPA)

$125,000–$225,000+ bonus

Independent NP practice · post-1995 CT NP FPA · own panel + substantial

Mid-Level NP (3-6 yrs)

$98,000–$145,000+ bonus

Functional NP at CT major systems · transitioning to senior band

New Grad NP (DNP / MSN)

$105,000–$128,000+ bonus

CT new grad · Yale DNP + UConn MSN + Quinnipiac + Sacred Heart

Worth knowing: post-1995 CT NP Full Practice Authority + post-2020 CT NP independent practice growth + Yale School of Nursing DNP one of country's top US nursing schools tri-anchor is one of the country's distinctive concentrated US single-state early NP FPA + post-2020 NP independent practice + Yale DNP pipeline anchor and a feature most national NP surveys understate for CT. CT NP Full Practice Authority since 1995 (CGS §20-87a et seq. — one of country's earlier US FPA states enabling CT NPs to evaluate + diagnose + interpret diagnostic tests + initiate + manage treatment + prescribe controlled substances Schedules II-V independently without physician oversight). post-2020 New Haven + Hartford + Stamford NP-led primary care + urgent care + retail clinic + community health center FQHC + Rural Health Center RHC NP staffing + the substantial post-2020 CT NP independent practice growth + the substantial CT post-2020 retail clinic NP staffing CVS MinuteClinic + Walgreens VillageMD. post-2020 CT behavioral health gap (the substantial post-2020 CT PMHNP demand + the substantial post-2020 CT BH access expansion). Yale School of Nursing DNP one of country's top US nursing schools + UConn MSN + Quinnipiac + Sacred Heart + Fairfield + the substantial CT DNP pipeline. CT NLC since 2024 + CT progressive top 6.99% anchor the CT NP proposition.

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