State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Nevada
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Nevada, $140,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
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%
Nevada
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $140,670
- p25
- $110,160
- p75
- $161,760
- p10
- $85,380
- p90
- $172,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.