2026 Advanced Practice Provider
Compensation Survey

Total Compensation Solutions (TCS) is excited to open participation for the 2026 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation Survey.  The survey provides timely, market-relevant compensation insights for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners across healthcare organizations.  This survey was formerly referred to as the Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant by Specialty & CRNA Compensation Survey.

The survey reports the following information:

• Compensation data for over 100 positions broken apart by clinical specialty
• Compensation data from over 50 organizations

The survey looks at the following compensation elements:

• Base Salary
• Bonus payouts
• Total Cash Compensation (Base Salary plus Bonus)

The compensation data is reported as follows:

• Average, weighted average, 25^th/ 50^th/ 75th percentiles
• Organization type: Hospital/Health System, University, All Organizations
• Organization location: Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southeast/West
• Organization size (# of FTE): Less than 6,000, 6,000 to 19,999, More than 20,000
• Organization size (# of APPs): 150 to 499, 500 or more
• Gross revenue: Up to $2 Billion, $2 to $6 Billion, Over $6 Billion

New Compensation Survey Collaboration for 2026

Total Compensation Solutions and Altura Consulting Group are partnering on four specialized compensation surveys this year, providing organizations with reliable salary benchmarking data and actionable compensation insights.

• Development and Fundraising Staff Compensation
• Research Health Staff Compensation
• Advanced Practice Provider Compensation
• Coding Positions Compensation.

Together, our firms bring more than 30 years of experience in compensation consulting and compensation survey research. While we’ve grown independently, this new collaboration allows us to combine our expertise and deliver more targeted, industry-specific compensation data.