State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs South Carolina
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In South Carolina, $123,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.7%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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%
South Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $123,290
- p25
- $107,930
- p75
- $132,220
- p10
- $97,080
- p90
- $160,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.