State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Virginia
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Virginia, $93,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.9%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
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%
Virginia
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $93,600
- p25
- $80,090
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $67,830
- p90
- $125,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.