State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arkansas vs California
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Arkansas, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.7%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $66,640
- p75
- $90,280
- p10
- $60,780
- p90
- $103,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.