State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs South Carolina
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In South Carolina, $82,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.2% — not 70.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.3%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+44.2%
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%
South Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,360
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $97,230
- p10
- $66,860
- p90
- $106,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.