State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Indiana
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Indiana, $128,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
Indiana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,830
- p25
- $111,310
- p75
- $135,990
- p10
- $101,790
- p90
- $155,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.