Find where your next hire would gain the most by moving to you.
We rank every state by the cost-of-living-adjusted take-home a clinician would gain by relocating to your market — and show how many of them work there today. Recruit where the upside and the supply both point.
A median Registered Nurses in California nets ~$98,211 take-home (cost-of-living-adjusted real value $88,702). The states below are ranked by how much real take-home a clinician would gain by relocating here.
#
Source state
Median pay
Real take-home
Clinicians employed
Relocation upside
1
Alabama
$77,080
$62,508
53,340
+$26,195/yr
2
Utah
$84,600
$63,238
25,780
+$25,464/yr
3
Maine
$86,990
$63,753
16,280
+$24,950/yr
4
Vermont
$97,460
$63,976
7,240
+$24,727/yr
5
South Carolina
$79,900
$64,215
50,300
+$24,487/yr
6
Florida
$84,190
$64,470
218,100
+$24,232/yr
7
South Dakota
$78,060
$64,667
14,500
+$24,035/yr
8
Utah
$84,600
$64,789
27,420
+$23,914/yr
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Source: BLS OEWS 2025. Upside = the target market's real (cost-of-living-adjusted) median take-home minus the source market's. Employment is total OEWS employment in the source state — a proxy for the available talent pool.
