State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Alabama vs California
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Alabama, $77,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.5% — not 45%.
Nominal pay gap
-45%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-31.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $77,080
- p25
- $63,500
- p75
- $83,380
- p10
- $58,150
- p90
- $98,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
California
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $140,270
- p25
- $122,440
- p75
- $173,170
- p10
- $101,260
- p90
- $213,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.