State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Idaho
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Idaho, $92,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.9% — not 51.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.7%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+30.9%
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)
- -86%
Idaho
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $92,460
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $102,320
- p10
- $71,210
- p90
- $121,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.