State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arizona vs California
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Arizona, $134,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $134,420
- p25
- $126,880
- p75
- $159,780
- p10
- $104,400
- p90
- $173,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.