State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Maryland
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Maryland, $131,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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%
Maryland
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,110
- p25
- $119,660
- p75
- $147,140
- p10
- $99,920
- p90
- $169,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.