State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Kansas
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Kansas, $126,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
Kansas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $126,650
- p25
- $108,460
- p75
- $133,940
- p10
- $98,330
- p90
- $158,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.