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Nurse Practitioner Salary in Minnesota (2026)

The average Nurse Practitioner in Minnesota earns around $138,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $97,589/year ($8,132/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$97,589
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$8,132
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,753
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$47/hr
Federal Tax
$21,854
State Tax
$8,000
FICA Taxes
$10,557
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

29.28%
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Nurse Practitioner Salary Ranges in Minnesota

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

Minnesota's nurse practitioner market is anchored by Mayo Clinic Rochester (~4,500 physicians + advanced practice providers with substantial APP integration across cardiology + oncology + transplant subspecialty), M Health Fairview (the country's largest academic-community partnership with substantial APP utilization), Allina Health (~30K, robust APP-led primary care + specialty integration), HealthPartners Bloomington (integrated payer-provider with APP-led primary care), Essentia Health Duluth (rural APP-led primary care across 14 counties), CentraCare St. Cloud (regional APP utilization).

Senior Specialty NP (Cardiology / Oncology)

$155,000–$235,000

Mayo + M Health + Allina cardiology + oncology + transplant NP · subspecialty band

Senior Psychiatric Mental Health NP

$145,000–$235,000

Mayo Psychiatry · M Health · Allina · PMHNP · MN Full Practice Authority + PsyPact telehealth

Senior Acute Care NP (ICU / ED)

$135,000–$215,000

HCMC Level 1 · Regions Level 1 · Mayo Critical Care · ACNP-AG subspecialty band

Senior Hospitalist NP

$135,000–$205,000

Mayo + M Health + Allina + HealthPartners hospital medicine APP · day + nocturnist mix

Senior Primary Care NP (Family Medicine)

$120,000–$175,000

Allina + HealthPartners + CentraCare + Essentia · MN FPA-enabled independent practice

Senior Pediatric NP

$118,000–$170,000

Children's MN + M Health Masonic Children's + Mayo Pediatrics · CPNP-PC + CPNP-AC

Senior Women's Health NP

$115,000–$165,000

M Health WHNP · Allina WomenCare · CertifiedNurse-Midwife alternative path · WHNP-BC

Senior Family NP (FNP) Rural

$110,000–$155,000

Essentia + CentraCare + Fairview rural sites · MN FPA-enabled independent rural practice

Mid-Career NP (3-7 yrs)

$98,000–$135,000

Functional NP at MN health system · transitioning to senior band

New Grad NP (0-2 yrs)

$92,000–$118,000

U of MN DNP + St. Catherine + Bethel + Concordia + Metro State + Mayo School of Health Sciences pipeline

Worth knowing: Minnesota granted Nurse Practitioners Full Practice Authority via SF 2545 of 2014 — among the earlier US states to grant FPA — and the lever is a feature most national NP-career surveys understate for MN. MN FPA means NPs can prescribe + diagnose + practice independently without physician collaboration agreements, enabling substantial NP-led primary care + specialty practice across the state — particularly important for rural MN where Essentia + CentraCare + Fairview operate NP-led clinics in counties with limited physician access. Senior MN NPs clear $135-235K TC at subspecialty (cardiology + oncology + PMH) levels. Mayo Clinic operates the country's largest single-state academic medical center APP integration program — substantial APP utilization across cardiology + oncology + transplant + critical care subspecialties. MN joined PsyPact in 2020 (HF 1693), enabling MN PMHNPs to provide telehealth psychiatric care to patients across compact-state lines — important specialty for the Twin Cities + Mayo Psychiatry NP cluster. MN's 9.85% top bracket catches senior subspecialty + PMHNP comp at $200K+ TC.

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