State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alaska vs California
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Alaska, $155,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $155,170
- p25
- $126,080
- p75
- $172,000
- p10
- $95,570
- p90
- $207,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.