State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In West Virginia, $127,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+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%
West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $127,320
- p25
- $108,520
- p75
- $133,220
- p10
- $100,220
- p90
- $155,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.