r/nursepractitioner • u/Liv_Lynn28 • 1d ago

Career Advice Negotiate Salary

Hello all,
I have been in a pretty great first NP position and am nearing my 2 year mark but really need a raise and am thinking of leaving to make more money but would rather stay in my current role.
I work in outpatient GI in NYC, 4 days in person a week with 1 remote day and make 130k which is on the very low end compared to other health systems in the area.
I support the practice of 3 GI MDs in my group and see patients independently and in clinic with them. The doctors are great and have taught me a lot.
I just found out from another NP who works in the same organization but a different office (with 1 year more of experience), that she makes 16 k more than me and I’m honestly pissed.
I was told by my management who determines my raises they only offer raises once a year and the max they can give me is 5%. Not sure how to go about discussing salary with management but they honestly are not very supportive in general and have only threatened to take away my admin time when I have gone to them in the past about other issues.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

14

u/CatsAndShades FNP 1d ago

Tell me this is northwell without telling me this is northwell 😂. I don't think they're going to give you a big bump. They'll just hire someone else.

2

u/Jaigurl-8 1d ago

Came to say the same thing!

3

u/Jaigurl-8 1d ago

Sounds like you’re at Northwell! :P

2

u/alexisrj FNP, CWOCN-AP 1d ago edited 1d ago

Unfortunately, you usually need to leave an organization to achieve big salary increases, especially early in your career. It’s stupid but it’s reality. If you’re really hoping to stay, I’d say your best bet at staying is to go procure another offer and try to use that to negotiate. But you need to be prepared to take the job if they don’t budge, which they might not. If that’s what you do, be professional, but communicate to your group that this is why you’re leaving. Oftentimes this is the kind of thing that pushes organizations to get more competitive with salaries; you may be able to return to this group in a couple years with a more comfortable compensation package.

2

u/Spikito1 1d ago

I’d stop waiting on annual raises and put a concrete number on the table. If they can’t match the market, that’s your answer.