State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Missouri
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Missouri, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 71.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.5%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+40.7%
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%
Missouri
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,780
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $98,560
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $104,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.