State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Oklahoma
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Oklahoma, $133,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
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%
Oklahoma
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $133,390
- p25
- $122,530
- p75
- $152,330
- p10
- $99,490
- p90
- $167,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.