State comparison · 2025
Dietitians and Nutritionists salary: Alabama vs California
Dietitians and Nutritionists in California earn a median of $98,850. In Alabama, $66,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $66,190
- p25
- $60,940
- p75
- $77,700
- p10
- $50,970
- p90
- $87,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $98,850
- p25
- $83,270
- p75
- $110,660
- p10
- $72,780
- p90
- $130,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.