State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Ohio
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Ohio, $124,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
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%
Ohio
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $124,870
- p25
- $106,670
- p75
- $134,750
- p10
- $100,780
- p90
- $154,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.