State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Tennessee
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Tennessee, $117,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 43.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.3%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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%
Tennessee
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $117,590
- p25
- $102,640
- p75
- $130,330
- p10
- $82,790
- p90
- $137,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.