Registered Nurses Salary in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Median annual salary
$139,520
+43% vs US median ($97,550)
Worth after local cost of living
$81,926
cost index 170.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
| 10th percentile | $102,480 |
| 25th percentile | $128,380 |
| Median (50th) | $139,520 |
| 75th percentile | $169,920 |
| 90th percentile | $175,210 |
| Mean | $145,060 |
| Employed in metro | 28,680 |
A Registered Nurses in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA earns a median of $139,520 per year. That is 43% above the national median of $97,550 for this occupation. Because San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has a cost index of 170.3 (above the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $81,926 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $106,268, median gross rent $2,246/mo, and the median home value $854,700. See the full San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA cost-of-living profile.