State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Minnesota
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Minnesota, $101,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+23.1%
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%
Minnesota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $101,510
- p25
- $88,940
- p75
- $114,760
- p10
- $79,960
- p90
- $132,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.