State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs North Dakota
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In North Dakota, $130,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
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%
North Dakota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,070
- p25
- $107,290
- p75
- $135,620
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $162,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.