State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alabama vs California
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Alabama, $105,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $105,750
- p25
- $97,960
- p75
- $123,970
- p10
- $86,300
- p90
- $134,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $168,520
- p25
- $145,980
- p75
- $209,350
- p10
- $120,340
- p90
- $240,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.