State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs North Carolina
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In North Carolina, $128,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
North Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,990
- p25
- $114,260
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $103,530
- p90
- $164,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.