Nurse practitioner salary in California: $181,278
38,735 nurse practitioners are licensed in California, the 3rd largest pool in the country and 7.4% of the 526,759 nationwide. The pay figure is a Kandidate estimate built from public salary sources.
Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS), as of 2026-08-10. Counts are providers with a practice address in the state.
Questions this page answers
How many nurse practitioners are licensed in California?
38,735 nurse practitioners hold a practice address in California on the Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS) as of 2026-08-10, 7.4% of the 526,759 nationally.
What does a nurse practitioner earn in California?
The Kandidate market pay estimate is $181,278 a year, the midpoint of public salary sources (glassdoor.com $181,278) researched on 2026-09-05. It is a synthesised figure, not an observed payroll.
How long does a nurse practitioner role take to fill in California?
About 35 days, modelled from the difficulty index, not an observed average. Roughly 1,000 similar roles were posted in the last 30 days, extrapolated from a job-board sample of title variants.
Nurse practitioners elsewhere: Texas.
Other roles in California: Physical therapists, Physician assistants, Registered nurses.
Every role and state on the Talent Graph. Machine-readable copy: hire-latest.json.