State comparison · 2025
Dietitians and Nutritionists salary: Arizona vs California
Dietitians and Nutritionists in California earn a median of $98,850. In Arizona, $64,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.8%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $64,410
- p25
- $43,150
- p75
- $78,780
- p10
- $43,150
- p90
- $92,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.