State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Pennsylvania, $96,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+28.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $96,430
- p25
- $80,610
- p75
- $104,730
- p10
- $70,800
- p90
- $117,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.