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
$58,668
50,450
+$30,034/yr
2
Utah
$84,600
$61,587
24,730
+$27,115/yr
3
Vermont
$97,460
$61,860
7,260
+$26,842/yr
4
Mississippi
$74,470
$62,258
28,910
+$26,444/yr
5
Illinois
$82,470
$62,348
139,910
+$26,355/yr
6
Virginia
$93,600
$62,487
70,650
+$26,215/yr
7
Alabama
$77,080
$62,508
53,340
+$26,195/yr
8
South Dakota
$78,060
$62,698
14,600
+$26,004/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.
