State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs New Jersey
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In New Jersey, $106,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.7%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+29.4%
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%
New Jersey
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $106,500
- p25
- $99,710
- p75
- $127,730
- p10
- $83,060
- p90
- $135,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.