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Average Nurse Practitioners Salary in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

Nurse Practitioners in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA earn a median annual salary of $155,440, which is +20.3% compared to the national median. There are 270 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (metro area).

$155,440
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA median annual wage
$75/hour median
+20.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $129,210
270
Local employment
0.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.43
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$80,590
25th
$134,580
Median
$155,440
75th
$166,190
90th
$200,430

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
110.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$140,626
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 152.9%
Rents: 171.1%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$225,730Compare1,280
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$220,330Compare2,960
Napa, CA$216,380Compare90
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$171,150Compare210
Vallejo, CA$169,990Compare190
Salinas, CA$168,270Compare140

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$230,0001.41
Chief Executives$213,1501.16
Natural Sciences Managers$184,7200.82
Lawyers$173,4100.66
Architectural And Engineering Managers$169,7701.12
Dentists, General$169,0002.30
Marketing Managers$165,8000.84
Compensation And Benefits Managers$165,5001.17

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA has salary data for 489 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Nurse Practitioners in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Nurse Practitioners are projected to change by +40.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 29,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.