State comparison · 2025
Dietitians and Nutritionists salary: Arkansas vs California
Dietitians and Nutritionists in California earn a median of $98,850. In Arkansas, $65,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.7%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Median
- $65,540
- p25
- $56,450
- p75
- $83,050
- p10
- $44,700
- p90
- $174,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.