State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Oklahoma
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Oklahoma, $82,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 69.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.2%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
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)
- -86%
Oklahoma
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,920
- p25
- $77,350
- p75
- $98,910
- p10
- $60,530
- p90
- $106,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.