State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Louisiana
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Louisiana, $125,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Louisiana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $125,600
- p25
- $109,850
- p75
- $135,610
- p10
- $99,050
- p90
- $159,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.