State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Missouri
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Missouri, $129,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
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%
Missouri
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $129,930
- p25
- $119,910
- p75
- $144,640
- p10
- $100,650
- p90
- $162,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.