State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Kansas
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Kansas, $79,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.9% — not 76.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.8%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+43.9%
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%
Kansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $79,320
- p25
- $73,300
- p75
- $94,700
- p10
- $63,180
- p90
- $100,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.