FNP salary?? Productivity stipend?

Hi guys! I'm really thinking about becoming a FNP. There's just one thing tho- the pay! Every website I look at says the salary is anywhere between 75 and 95k. Surely, this is not the actual pay of a FNP. I've heard a little about productivity stipends, but could someone explain them. Do you get it as a bonus at the end of the year or as extra monthly income? If anyone doesn't mind sharing your salary, please feel free too. If you guys could just tell me whether I would bring in a guaranteed 7000 per month, I'd be satisfied. 8000? 9000? I'd just like a ballpark. Thank you!
Please indicate whether the income you are writing about is before or after taxes. Thanks guys!

What region are you?

7000 per month?? My salary is 80k a year in be south. I bring home about 4000 (a tad more) monthly. 80k before taxes4k per month after taxes

Oh and the 4000 per month is after taxes AND health insurance and such (which isn't too bad)

I take home about $4000 a month after taxes and I'm in the Midwest. My salary is unusually high for my area. Most of my peers that graduated with me last year have salaries of about $60,000 pre-tax. My OB/GYN NP has practiced for 15 years and I make more than she does (I work in retail health). In my area, most physician practices are being bought out by hospital groups who pay NPs like staff RNs pretty much. As for a productivity stipend, I can only speak to my experience. I am given a RVU goal each quarter. Depending on how well I do, I can qualify for a bonus once per year. Our bonus is split into tiers. So if you meet your RVU, you get a certain % bonus. If you exceed the RVUs by so much, you get a % bonus, on and on up to a maximum of a 12% bonus of your total salary.

I have a few friends who are graduating as NPs. The ones who can FIND full-time work are still supplementing their incomes with PRN RN shifts.

I make 75k as a floor nurse on a psych floor. I've been offered double when I pass my boards. Remember its not where you go; its who you know. If I was graduating to make 80k/yr there would be a continued lack of primary care providers in this nation.

75-85000 is the starting range around my area. Some jobs have no bonus structure while others have a very generous one.

Start nursing school, work a few years and THEN ask. The world could be a whole different place by then

Quote from Libby1987What region are you?

Quote from blondenurse12I take home about $4000 a month after taxes and I'm in the Midwest. My salary is unusually high for my area. Most of my peers that graduated with me last year have salaries of about $60,000 pre-tax. My OB/GYN NP has practiced for 15 years and I make more than she does (I work in retail health). In my area, most physician practices are being bought out by hospital groups who pay NPs like staff RNs pretty much. As for a productivity stipend, I can only speak to my experience. I am given a RVU goal each quarter. Depending on how well I do, I can qualify for a bonus once per year. Our bonus is split into tiers. So if you meet your RVU, you get a certain % bonus. If you exceed the RVUs by so much, you get a % bonus, on and on up to a maximum of a 12% bonus of your total salary.

Quote from roser13Start nursing school, work a few years and THEN ask. The world could be a whole different place by then