Nurse Practitioners salary · Ohio

Nurse Practitioners Salary in Ohio

Nurse Practitioners in Ohio earn a median of $124,870 a year, which is $60.03 an hour. That is $7,430 below the national median of $132,300, a difference of 6 percent. The state employs 15,400.

Median in Ohio $124,870 $60.03 an hour · May 2025
US median $132,300
Jobs in Ohio 15,400

Ohio against the US May 2025

Nurse Practitioners in Ohio against the US, May 2025
FigureOhioUnited States
Median annual $124,870 $132,300
Median hourly$60.03$63.61
Mean annual$122,910$137,300
10th percentile$100,780$101,340
90th percentile$154,680$174,420
Employment15,400323,040

How Ohio compares

By median pay, Ohio ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for nurse practitioners. Ranking is on the published median only. It says nothing about how far that salary goes once housing, state income tax and commuting are paid, and those differences between states are frequently larger than the pay gap itself.

Other states for nurse practitioners May 2025

StateMedianHourlyJobs
California $168,520 $81.02 25,120
New Jersey $159,310 $76.59 9,950
New York $153,510 $73.80 22,890
Texas $131,670 $63.31 25,970
Michigan $131,450 $63.20 8,290
Illinois $130,680 $62.83 9,270
Pennsylvania $130,140 $62.57 10,670
Florida $129,510 $62.26 21,790
Georgia $129,430 $62.22 10,460
North Carolina $128,990 $62.01 9,800
Tennessee $117,590 $56.54 12,150

Common questions

How much do nurse practitioners make in Ohio?

The median salary for nurse practitioners in Ohio is $124,870 a year, or $60.03 an hour. That is $7,430 below the national median of $132,300, a difference of 6 percent. Ohio employs 15,400 of them.

Is Ohio a good state to work as a nurse practitioner?

On pay alone, Ohio ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for the occupation, by median salary. Pay is only half the question though: a state with a higher median can still leave you with less once housing and taxes are counted, and this site does not adjust for cost of living.

What is the pay range for nurse practitioners in Ohio?

The lowest-paid 10 percent earn $100,780 or less and the highest-paid 10 percent earn $154,680 or more. The middle half falls between $106,670 and $134,750.

Where these numbers come from

Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 29-1171 in Ohio. Nothing on this page is interpolated or averaged by this site. See the national nurse practitioners salary page for the full picture, or how to read these figures for what the survey covers.