State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Massachusetts
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Massachusetts, $142,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
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%
Massachusetts
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $142,440
- p25
- $132,460
- p75
- $168,100
- p10
- $111,950
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.