State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Vermont
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Vermont, $97,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 43.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.9%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+27.4%
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%
Vermont
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $97,460
- p25
- $82,210
- p75
- $105,210
- p10
- $77,670
- p90
- $126,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.