State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Vermont
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Vermont, $134,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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%
Vermont
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $134,740
- p25
- $127,340
- p75
- $157,000
- p10
- $108,510
- p90
- $167,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.