Table 5. Most common specialties of NPs and PAs.

Source: AANP (2023) [15]; NCCPA (2022) [11]. NOTE: Data above reflect both full-time and part-time clinically practicing NPs and PAs. N/A = not available. There is inconsistency and overlap of provider specialties between surveys, making some specialties unavailable for comparison. The specialties listed reflect areas where 2% or more of either NPs or PAs are employed.

Medical or Surgical Specialty	% of all NPs	% of all PAs
Behavioral/Addiction Medicine	2.2	0.5
Adolescent medicine	N/A	0.1
Cardiology	4.3	2.0
Critical Care Medicine (CCU or ICU)	2.4	2.0
Dermatology	0.8	4.2
Emergency medicine	2.5	11.2
Family Medicine/General Practice	17.9	17.1
Geriatrics	3.2	N/A
Hospice and palliative medicine	2.1	0.2
Hospital medicine/Hospitalist	2.8	3.7
Internal medicine - general practice	4.1	4.1
Internal medicine subspecialties	N/A	7.9
Obstetrics and gynecology	3.1	1.2
Oncology/Hematology	3.2	N/A
Orthopedics	1.7	11.2
Pediatrics-general practice	2.5	1.8
Primary Care	9.8	N/A
Psychiatry	6.1	2.2
Surgery-general	2.8	3.1
Surgical subspecialties	N/A	7.6
Urgent Care	6.4	N/A
Urology	N/A	1.0