State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Oregon
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Oregon, $155,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.2%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
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%
Oregon
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $155,680
- p25
- $134,840
- p75
- $168,700
- p10
- $124,660
- p90
- $194,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.