State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs New Mexico
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In New Mexico, $94,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 48.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.7%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
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 Mexico
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $94,340
- p25
- $80,960
- p75
- $102,750
- p10
- $74,300
- p90
- $123,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.