State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Massachusetts
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Massachusetts, $104,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+28.2%
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%
Massachusetts
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $104,550
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $136,110
- p10
- $80,310
- p90
- $174,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.