State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs New Hampshire
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In New Hampshire, $137,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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%
New Hampshire
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,550
- p25
- $125,030
- p75
- $155,620
- p10
- $106,070
- p90
- $166,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.