State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arkansas vs California
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Arkansas, $125,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $125,660
- p25
- $105,450
- p75
- $137,550
- p10
- $99,420
- p90
- $205,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.