State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Nebraska
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Nebraska, $132,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.5%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
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%
Nebraska
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,130
- p25
- $118,440
- p75
- $140,900
- p10
- $103,820
- p90
- $161,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.