State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Colorado
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Colorado, $100,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,260
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $108,930
- p10
- $79,500
- p90
- $124,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.