State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Pennsylvania, $130,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,140
- p25
- $110,960
- p75
- $142,720
- p10
- $102,940
- p90
- $163,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.