State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Illinois
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Illinois, $130,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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%
Illinois
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,680
- p25
- $113,320
- p75
- $142,000
- p10
- $102,440
- p90
- $161,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.