State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Alaska vs California
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Alaska, $109,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $109,480
- p25
- $97,700
- p75
- $129,100
- p10
- $85,030
- p90
- $149,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.