State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Nevada
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Nevada, $103,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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)
- -25%
Nevada
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $103,670
- p25
- $86,850
- p75
- $120,270
- p10
- $79,500
- p90
- $133,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.