State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Indiana
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Indiana, $83,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 68%.
Nominal pay gap
+68%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+41.6%
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%
Indiana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $83,500
- p25
- $78,750
- p75
- $100,410
- p10
- $66,750
- p90
- $105,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.