Nurse practitioner · Merced, CA
Nurse practitioner in Merced: $5,556/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Merced at $158,750 a year. About 100 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.59). The 10th percentile is $129,590 and the 90th is $195,700. Pay ranks 30th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,271/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,556 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is San Jose, about 41 miles away, at $7,172 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,556
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$158,750
$129,590 to $195,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,271
$1,513 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.59
Pay rank
30th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $158,750.
- Taxes$4,190
- Rent$1,271
- Other living costs$2,212
- Left over$5,556
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $158,750
- Federal income tax
- −$27,347
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,144
- State income tax (CA)
- −$10,791
- Take-home pay
- $108,468
- Effective tax rate
- 31.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,271
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $642
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,483
Left over each month
$13,229 gross, minus $4,190 in tax and $3,483 in living costs.
$5,556
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: San Jose, $7,172/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Merced?
$158,750 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Merced?
$5,556 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,271, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
San Jose, about 41 miles away, leaves $7,172 a month, more than Merced.