State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Florida
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Florida, $129,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Florida
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $129,510
- p25
- $112,380
- p75
- $137,610
- p10
- $101,920
- p90
- $163,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.