State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: California vs Wyoming
Registered Nurses in California earn a median of $140,270. In Wyoming, $83,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 67.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.5%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+40.2%
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%
Wyoming
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $83,760
- p25
- $77,890
- p75
- $101,100
- p10
- $65,770
- p90
- $107,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.