State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Nebraska
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Nebraska, $84,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 65.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.5%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
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%
Nebraska
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,730
- p25
- $79,240
- p75
- $99,640
- p10
- $66,020
- p90
- $106,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.