State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Michigan
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Michigan, $131,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
Michigan
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,450
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $140,850
- p10
- $101,640
- p90
- $165,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.