State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Colorado
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Colorado, $132,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,930
- p25
- $118,410
- p75
- $150,990
- p10
- $87,770
- p90
- $170,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.