The five sites, attribute by attribute
| Attribute | APNA CareerLine | BehavioralHires | Indeed | iHireMentalHealth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | The career center of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association | A job board built only for mental health, substance use treatment and ABA | A general job site covering every industry | A professional network with job postings and member profiles | A mental health job posting site in the iHire network |
| Roles covered | Psychiatric nursing — the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's career center | Behavioral health only: 14 role pages from therapist to clinical director, including psychiatric nurse practitioner, each with a remote page | Every industry — PMHNP openings sit alongside all other roles | Every industry, reached through member profiles | Mental health roles, with distribution across an iHire network spanning 57 industries (self-reported) |
| Pricing model | Pay per posting package: 30, 60 or 90 days online | Pay per post (one-time payment) or a monthly slot plan | Free posts plus Sponsored Jobs charged per interaction | Pay-per-click promotion with a daily or total budget | Job-slot subscription, monthly or quarterly |
| Published price | $385 for 30 days, $660 for 60 days, $880 for 90 days | $199 Standard or $399 Featured per post at launch pricing; slot plans $899 or $1,749 a month | Not published — a recommended price per job, with the minimum shown at sponsorship | Not published — you set the daily or total budget | $369, $450 or $799 a month (1, 3 or 10 slots); $316, $405 or $733 a month on quarterly plans |
| Commitment | Each posting package must be used within 1 year of purchase | None — single posts never renew; slot plans bill monthly, cancel anytime | Not published | You are not charged beyond your daily or total budget, and a daily-budget post closes automatically after up to 6 months | None — "no long-term commitment required"; upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time |
| What the paid option includes | Resume Search access with every posting package | Featured adds the logo, a highlighted card, top-of-feed placement and a badge; beyond that, search order is not for sale | Sponsored placement, invoiced for the clicks or started applications the post received | Promotion charged per click; no charge for clicks outside the job's country | Distribution across the iHire network and partner sites like Google, Indeed and JobGet |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
How did we compare the best PMHNP job sites?
This page is for two readers at once: an employer trying to fill a psychiatric nurse practitioner position, and a PMHNP deciding where to look.
The ranking weighs the same things for both — how directly a site reaches psychiatric-mental health nursing, whether prices are published, what a paid placement includes, what you commit to, and how candidates apply.
Five sites made the list: the specialty association's career center, a behavioral-health-only board, the two general boards, and a mental health vertical of a recruiting network.
They are ranked by fit for PMHNP hiring and job-hunting rather than by size.
What does it cost to post a PMHNP job on each site?
- APNA CareerLine: a single posting costs $385 for 30 days online, $660 for 60 days or $880 for 90 days. Every package includes Resume Search access and must be used within 1 year of purchase.
- BehavioralHires: $199 for a Standard post or $399 for Featured at launch pricing (regular prices $299 and $499), each a one-time payment for a 30-day listing. Slot plans are $899 a month for up to 10 live posts or $1,749 for 25.
- Indeed: many jobs can be posted free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits, and some jobs are sponsored-only. There is no fixed sponsored price — the Standard price comes from Indeed's recommendation system, and the minimum appears on the sponsorship page.
- LinkedIn: no published price. You promote a post with a daily or total budget and pay per click.
- iHireMentalHealth: job slots at $369 a month for 1, $450 for 3 or $799 for 10; the quarterly plans run $316, $405 and $733 per month.
BehavioralHires' pricing page has the full breakdown, including what Featured adds.
Which site reaches PMHNPs most directly?
APNA CareerLine is built around a single specialty: it is the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's career center, and every posting package bundles Resume Search access, so you can source psychiatric nurses directly rather than only waiting for applications.
Packages run 30, 60 or 90 days, and the site advertises up to 37,133 candidates uploaded as searchable resumes (self-reported).
BehavioralHires takes a different route to the same specificity: every listing on the board is behavioral health, and the psychiatric nurse practitioner role has its own page plus a remote page for telehealth openings from any state.
A PMHNP post sits among therapist, social worker, counselor, psychiatrist and BCBA openings rather than beside every industry.
iHireMentalHealth is the mental health site in the iHire network, which its job-ads page describes as spanning 57 industries (self-reported), and it promotes jobs across that network and partner sites like Google, Indeed and JobGet.
That partner distribution is reach a single board on its own does not have.
How do Indeed and LinkedIn handle a PMHNP posting?
Indeed is the breadth option.
Many jobs can be posted free, subject to its terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits — and some jobs are sponsored-only, with Indeed reserving the right to require sponsorship for any reason.
When you do sponsor, there is no published price: the Standard price is generated from market factors such as job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers, the minimum shows at sponsorship, and invoices reflect the clicks or started applications a post received.
Billing lands on the first of the month or when account spending reaches $500, whichever comes first.
LinkedIn runs the search through member profiles.
You promote a post pay-per-click, are charged only for clicks in the country where the job is posted, and are not charged beyond the daily or total budget you set.
A daily-budget post bills up to that budget until you close it, or for up to 6 months, then closes automatically; a total-budget post pauses once the budget is spent.
The trade-off on both is screening.
A general board's applicant flow arrives from every industry, so a PMHNP posting's stack needs reading — while the association board and the behavioral-health-only board narrow the field by construction.
Where does a behavioral-health-only board fit a PMHNP hire?
BehavioralHires is built for the whole behavioral health team, and the psychiatric nurse practitioner page sits inside that set: 14 role pages from therapist and licensed clinical social worker to psychiatrist, BCBA and clinical director, each with a remote page listing remote and telehealth openings from any state.
A post runs 30 days, is indexed in Google Jobs and appears on the matching role and city pages, and candidates who click Apply go to the hiring organization's own application page — there are no candidate profiles and no resume database.
Employers add the apply link when posting; support edits a live post by email.
The honest trade-off is the one every niche board has: it does not have a general site's traffic, and BehavioralHires publishes no candidate, job or reach counts to judge it by.
Its case is the coverage — every listing is behavioral health — and a flat price instead of budget math.
The fact sheet lists every price and policy, and the psychiatric nurse practitioner jobs page shows what is live today.
What should a PMHNP job seeker check before picking a site?
On BehavioralHires, searching and applying are free and there is no profile to create.
A listing you click points back to where it was originally posted, so the application goes to the employer.
APNA CareerLine serves job seekers as well as employers — it is the association's own career center. iHireMentalHealth focuses on mental health roles, and Indeed and LinkedIn list PMHNP openings from every kind of employer, alongside roles from every other industry.
Whichever mix you use, check where an application actually lands before you apply.
On BehavioralHires it goes to the hiring organization's own page by design; on other boards, it depends on the posting.
Which one should you choose?
Choose APNA CareerLine if…
- The hire must be a PMHNP — the board is the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's career center, so its audience is psychiatric nursing.
- You want Resume Search access bundled with the posting, so you can source candidates directly instead of only waiting for applications.
- You can plan around a fixed window — 30, 60 or 90 days online — and use the package within a year of buying it.
Choose BehavioralHires if…
- You are hiring a PMHNP alongside other behavioral health roles and want one board that covers the whole team, from therapist to BCBA.
- You want a flat, published per-post price — $199 Standard or $399 Featured at launch pricing — instead of a budget you tune.
- Your PMHNP opening is remote or telehealth; the psychiatric nurse practitioner role has its own remote page.
- You want candidates applying on your own application page, with no candidate profiles or resume database in the middle.
Choose Indeed if…
- You want the widest general audience for the post and your team has the screening time to work the applicant flow.
- You want to start on free postings and put sponsorship only behind the roles that stall.
- You prefer being invoiced in arrears for the clicks and started applications a post actually received.
Choose LinkedIn if…
- Your PMHNP candidates keep professional profiles and you will source actively alongside the posting.
- You want a hard cap — LinkedIn says you won't be charged more than the daily or total budget you set.
- You only want to pay for clicks in the country where the job is posted.
Choose iHireMentalHealth if…
- You are hiring mental health roles continuously and want a set of slots you can swap between openings as they fill.
- You want each job promoted across the iHire network and partner sites like Google, Indeed and JobGet.
- You want the freedom to upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time, with no long-term commitment.
Frequently asked questions
Where do psychiatric nurse practitioners look for jobs?
PMHNP searches usually start on a mix of boards: APNA CareerLine, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's career center, for specialty-specific openings; behavioral-health-only boards like BehavioralHires for jobs across mental health, substance use treatment and ABA; and the general boards, Indeed and LinkedIn, where PMHNP openings from hospitals and health systems sit alongside every other industry. iHireMentalHealth covers mental health roles on a subscription basis.
How much does it cost to post a job on APNA CareerLine?
A single posting costs $385 for 30 days online, $660 for 60 days or $880 for 90 days.
Each package includes one job posting with Resume Search access, and a package must be used within 1 year of purchase.
These prices were checked on APNA CareerLine's employer page in October 2026.
Can you post a PMHNP job on Indeed for free?
Often, yes.
Indeed says many jobs can be posted for free, subject to its terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits.
Some jobs are sponsored-only — for example jobs aggregated from a career site, published from a data feed, or coming from an applicant tracking system — and Indeed reserves the right to require that a job must be sponsored for any reason.
How much does Indeed charge to sponsor a job?
Indeed does not publish a fixed price.
The Standard price is generated by Indeed's recommendation system, which weighs market factors such as job competitiveness, your hiring timeline and the supply of job seekers; the minimum appears on the sponsorship page.
Invoices reflect the amount spent on clicks or started applications from the previous billing period, and you are billed on the first of the month or when account spending reaches $500, whichever comes first.
How does LinkedIn charge for a promoted PMHNP job post?
Per click.
LinkedIn charges only for clicks in the country where the job is posted and says you won't be charged more than the daily or total budget you set.
A daily-budget post bills up to that budget until you close it, or for up to 6 months, after which it closes automatically; a total-budget post stays active until the budget is spent, then pauses.
What do iHireMentalHealth's job slots cost?
Monthly plans are $369 a month for 1 slot, $450 for 3 and $799 for 10; the quarterly plans drop to $316, $405 and $733 per month.
Slots can be swapped between openings as hiring needs change, and iHire says plans can be upgraded, downgraded or canceled at any time, with no long-term commitment required.
How much does it cost to post a PMHNP job on BehavioralHires?
A Standard post is $199 and a Featured post $399 at launch pricing (regular prices $299 and $499).
Each is a one-time payment for a 30-day post — nothing renews and there is nothing to sign.
Organizations hiring constantly can arrange a slot plan by contacting BehavioralHires: $899 a month for up to 10 live posts or $1,749 for 25.
Is BehavioralHires free for PMHNPs looking for jobs?
Yes.
Searching the board and clicking through to apply are free, and there is no profile to create.
Candidates who click Apply go to the hiring organization's own application page, and a collected listing points back to where it was originally posted.
Only employers pay, for a post or a slot plan.
Where these facts come from
- APNA CareerLine: careers.apna.org/employers (checked October 5, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a520820 (checked October 5, 2026)
- iHireMentalHealth: ihirementalhealth.com/employers/solutions/jobads (checked October 5, 2026)