State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs North Dakota
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In North Dakota, $80,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 73.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.8%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+39.7%
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%
North Dakota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $80,730
- p25
- $69,620
- p75
- $93,080
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $103,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.