State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Idaho
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Idaho, $132,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Idaho
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,540
- p25
- $123,920
- p75
- $151,600
- p10
- $100,480
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.