Registered Nurses salary in Riverside, CA

Median pay for registered nurses in Riverside, CA: $127,070/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $90,840 – $173,430 · about 31,140 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($80,810) by +$46,260 (+57%).

What it's really worth in Riverside

With Riverside's cost of living at 107 (US=100), that $127,070 has the buying power of about $118,380 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $81,041 · median home $585,378 · median rent $2,519/mo.

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How Riverside ranks for this job

On raw pay, Riverside, CA is 16th of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Riverside's cost of living is applied, it ranks 17th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Riverside sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Riverside

A median home in Riverside, CA costs $585,378 — about 4.6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,519/mo works out at 24% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where registered nurses earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Riverside.

Metro	Median pay	vs Riverside	Rent vs Riverside
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+47%	1×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+43%	1.3×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+41%	1.4×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+24%	0.9×

Same job elsewhere in CA

Metro	Median pay	vs Riverside	Rent vs Riverside
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+47%	1×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+43%	1.3×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+41%	1.4×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+24%	0.9×

Staying in CA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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