Nurse practitioner · Erie, PA
Nurse practitioner in Erie: $4,595/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Erie at $122,100 a year. About 260 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $97,570 and the 90th is $135,210. Pay ranks 309th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 12.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($804/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,595 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 171 miles away, at $5,263 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,595
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$122,100
$97,570 to $135,210
Rent (1 bd)
$804
$957 (2 bd)
Employment
260
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
309th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
12.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $122,100.
- Taxes$2,738
- Rent$804
- Other living costs$2,038
- Left over$4,595
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $122,100
- Federal income tax
- −$18,551
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,341
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,748
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,221
- Take-home pay
- $89,239
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $804
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,842
Left over each month
$10,175 gross, minus $2,738 in tax and $2,842 in living costs.
$4,595
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $5,263/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Erie?
$122,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 260 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Erie?
$4,595 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $804, and pay covers 12.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
Elmira, about 171 miles away, leaves $5,263 a month, more than Erie.