State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Texas
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Texas, $131,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+12.3%
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%
Texas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,670
- p25
- $113,840
- p75
- $147,660
- p10
- $96,880
- p90
- $161,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.