State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Rhode Island, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $131,310
- p75
- $163,450
- p10
- $111,420
- p90
- $176,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.