State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Maryland
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Maryland, $99,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.3% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.6%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+33.3%
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%
Maryland
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,790
- p25
- $83,740
- p75
- $107,340
- p10
- $76,780
- p90
- $124,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.