State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Kentucky
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Kentucky, $122,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Kentucky
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $122,870
- p25
- $106,240
- p75
- $132,720
- p10
- $95,710
- p90
- $162,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.