State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs New Mexico
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In New Mexico, $137,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+2.1%
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 Mexico
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,520
- p25
- $124,740
- p75
- $160,950
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $175,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.