State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: California vs Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners in California earn a median of $168,520. In Wisconsin, $131,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.7%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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%
Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,980
- p25
- $123,410
- p75
- $147,970
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $166,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.