State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Rhode Island
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Rhode Island, $100,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.4%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+28.8%
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%
Rhode Island
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,640
- p25
- $81,840
- p75
- $107,100
- p10
- $77,410
- p90
- $129,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.