State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Louisiana
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Louisiana, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.3% — not 74.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+74.8%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+39.3%
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)
- -86%
Louisiana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $69,040
- p75
- $93,600
- p10
- $63,800
- p90
- $104,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +92%
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.