State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Virginia
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Virginia, $127,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+20.4%
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%
Virginia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $127,810
- p25
- $109,180
- p75
- $139,500
- p10
- $99,990
- p90
- $161,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.