State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Hawaii
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Hawaii, $135,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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%
Hawaii
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,570
- p25
- $124,530
- p75
- $165,810
- p10
- $106,450
- p90
- $174,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.