State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Montana
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Montana, $137,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.8%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
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%
Montana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,210
- p25
- $123,260
- p75
- $151,860
- p10
- $105,110
- p90
- $166,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.