State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Maine
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Maine, $86,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.4% — not 61.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.2%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+41.4%
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%
Maine
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $86,990
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $101,460
- p10
- $74,160
- p90
- $106,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.