Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30431
- Class code
- 30431
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner is $96,118 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30431.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/14/2013.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional nursing work in the medical care and treatment of individuals at a commonwealth facility, which includes acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures in collaboration with and under the direction of a physician licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. An employee in this job is responsible for a broad range of health care services including medical diagnosis and prescription of therapeutic measures, promotion and maintenance of health, prevention of illness and disability, care during phases of illness, injury recovery, guidance and counseling of individuals and families, and referral to other health care providers and community resources.
Examples of the work
Performs comprehensive assessments of individuals and establishes medical diagnoses. Develops individualized health profiles by taking and assessing health and developmental histories and performing physical examinations. Orders, analyzes and evaluates diagnostic tests and interprets medical diagnoses in accordance with established medical protocols. Develops, orders and evaluates comprehensive primary medical treatment plans and initiates adjustments and corrections. Prescribes medications based on clinical indicators to treat symptoms and underlying causes of disorders and improve health status.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.