State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Minnesota
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Minnesota, $133,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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%
Minnesota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $133,260
- p25
- $111,750
- p75
- $155,260
- p10
- $98,950
- p90
- $170,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.