State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arizona vs California
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Arizona, $99,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.1%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,500
- p25
- $81,810
- p75
- $108,580
- p10
- $70,540
- p90
- $130,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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)
- -25%
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.