State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs New York
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In New York, $153,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 9.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.8%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+7%
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 York
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $153,510
- p25
- $132,490
- p75
- $170,290
- p10
- $112,730
- p90
- $198,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.