State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Delaware
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Delaware, $131,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
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%
Delaware
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,040
- p25
- $112,020
- p75
- $153,050
- p10
- $97,450
- p90
- $162,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.