State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Iowa
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Iowa, $130,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
Iowa
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,160
- p25
- $122,720
- p75
- $141,940
- p10
- $107,990
- p90
- $167,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.