State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Connecticut
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Connecticut, $138,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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%
Connecticut
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $138,470
- p25
- $124,870
- p75
- $160,700
- p10
- $109,930
- p90
- $173,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.