State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Mississippi
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Mississippi, $124,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.1%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+6.2%
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%
Mississippi
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $124,730
- p25
- $106,660
- p75
- $134,020
- p10
- $98,780
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.