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Registered Nurses Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of registered nurses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of registered nurses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Registered Nurses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$63,940
25th Percentile Wage
$77,040
50th Percentile Wage
$93,590
75th Percentile Wage
$111,990
90th Percentile Wage
$125,180

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for registered nurses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $125,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $93,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,940.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of registered nurses from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$93,590
2.88% 7.71%
2013
$90,890
4.97% -
2012
$86,370
- -

Table 2. Compare Registered Nurses Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $93,590 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is in the middle of salary range for registered nurses in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of registered nurses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 46.6 percent (46.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville and 6.4 percent (6.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$175,350
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$173,510
Vallejo-Fairfield
$164,960
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$163,070
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$156,250
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$144,830
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$137,940
Napa
$137,260
Redding
$135,220
Yuba City
$134,930
Modesto
$134,250
Salinas
$131,710
Stockton
$129,290
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$129,020
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$128,960
Chico
$128,160
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$126,400
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$126,210
Hanford-Corcoran
$125,180
Fresno
$123,310
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$122,190
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$121,220
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$118,270
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$117,550
Merced
$114,110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$111,260
Bakersfield-Delano
$110,330
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$109,910
Visalia-Porterville
$106,920
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$104,360
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$100,200
El Centro
$98,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$95,960
Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$93,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$93,590
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$92,880
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$88,310
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$87,600