How much do registered nurses make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

What the Registered Nurses median says in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Registered Nurses median in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $216,740 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 29-1141 and BLS area 41940.

BLS lists 22,930 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $194,950 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA's Registered Nurses median is 122.2% above the U.S. Registered Nurses median of $97,550 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 29-1141 with area 41940

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1141 and area 41940. SOC 29-1141 names Registered Nurses. Area 41940 names San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 29-1141/41940 row has 22,930 wage and salary jobs. There are 20.21 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.93. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 29-1141/41940, the annual median is $216,740 per year, while the matching mean is $194,950 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 29-1141/41940 10th percentile: $124,140 per year.
• 29-1141/41940 25th percentile: $165,050 per year.
• 29-1141/41940 median: $216,740 per year.
• 29-1141/41940 75th percentile: $223,510 per year.
• 29-1141/41940 90th percentile: $235,190 per year.
• 29-1141/41940 employment RSE: 0.7%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.4%.
• 29-1141/41940 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 41940 facts behind this Registered Nurses page

Area 41940 reports 1,134,970 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $119,230. Its annual median is $84,050. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1141 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA runs from $41,590 at the 10th percentile to $224,240 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $49,800. The median is $84,050. The 75th percentile is $166,940. This is a place check, not a pay range for Registered Nurses.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 41940. They do not show related skills or a path into Registered Nurses.

• 1. Software Developers. Area: 41940. SOC: 15-1252. Jobs: 87,350. Yearly median: $213,110. Jobs per 1,000: 76.96. Location quotient: 7.09.
• 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 41940. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 49,610. Yearly median: $37,640. Jobs per 1,000: 43.71. Location quotient: 1.58.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 41940. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 23,060. Yearly median: $44,570. Jobs per 1,000: 20.32. Location quotient: 0.82.
• 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers. Area: 41940. SOC: 11-3021. Jobs: 19,070. Yearly median: $291,660. Jobs per 1,000: 16.81. Location quotient: 3.9.
• 5. Retail Salespersons. Area: 41940. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 18,340. Yearly median: $44,220. Jobs per 1,000: 16.16. Location quotient: 0.64.
• 6. General and Operations Managers. Area: 41940. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 17,230. Yearly median: $163,860. Jobs per 1,000: 15.18. Location quotient: 0.67.

Read the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage ladder for Registered Nurses

The 10th percentile is $124,140 per year. The 25th percentile is $165,050 per year. The median is $216,740 per year. The 75th percentile is $223,510 per year. The 90th percentile is $235,190 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $165,050 per year to $223,510 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $111,050. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA with its state and the U.S.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a annual median of $216,740 per year. California has $140,270 per year. The U.S. row has $97,550 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 54.5% above California on the same published median. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 122.2% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA sits for Registered Nurses

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 1 of 380 among metro areas with a published annual median for Registered Nurses. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 1 of 380 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 2. Vallejo, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $203,290 per year. BLS estimates 4,120 jobs. The location quotient is 1.32.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $186,610 per year. BLS estimates 41,750 jobs. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $174,550 per year. BLS estimates 3,720 jobs. The location quotient is 0.83.

Where Registered Nurses medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 29-1141, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $216,740 per year. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA sits at $216,740 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Registered Nurses is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $216,740 per year, or $0 above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 22,930 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.93.
• 2. Vallejo, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $203,290 per year, or $13,450 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 4,120 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.32.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $186,610 per year, or $30,130 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 41,750 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $174,550 per year, or $42,190 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 3,720 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.83.
• 5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $171,460 per year, or $45,280 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 23,590 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.
• 6. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $170,960 per year, or $45,780 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,750 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.82.
• 7. Yuba City, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $149,320 per year, or $67,420 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,080 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 8. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Registered Nurses median of $144,350 per year, or $72,390 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,270 jobs there, compared with 22,930 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.79.

Where BLS counts the most Registered Nurses jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Registered Nurses in this same-source set, at 197,740 jobs. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 22,930. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 197,740 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 174,810 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $119,720 per year, or $97,020 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.96.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 109,360 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 86,430 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $135,560 per year, or $81,180 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 100,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 77,310 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $100,490 per year, or $116,250 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 76,680 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 53,750 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $101,420 per year, or $115,320 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 73,790 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 50,860 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $101,180 per year, or $115,560 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 65,910 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 42,980 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $99,830 per year, or $116,910 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.92.
• 7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 64,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 41,310 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $106,180 per year, or $110,560 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 61,670 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 38,740 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $125,360 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Where Registered Nurses takes the largest share of local jobs

Morgantown, WV has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.08. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 0.93. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Registered Nurses is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Morgantown, WV has a location quotient of 3.08, a gap of 2.15 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 4,510 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $80,130 per year, or $136,610 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 2. Rochester, MN has a location quotient of 2.39, a gap of 1.46 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 6,390 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $101,660 per year, or $115,080 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 3. Ann Arbor, MI has a location quotient of 2.3, a gap of 1.37 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 10,980 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $103,450 per year, or $113,290 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 4. Gainesville, FL has a location quotient of 2.25, a gap of 1.32 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 7,470 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $81,870 per year, or $134,870 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 5. Greenville, NC has a location quotient of 2.15, a gap of 1.22 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 3,770 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $81,670 per year, or $135,070 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 6. Iowa City, IA has a location quotient of 2, a gap of 1.07 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 4,090 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $85,940 per year, or $130,800 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 7. Sioux Falls, SD-MN has a location quotient of 1.98, a gap of 1.05 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 7,680 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $75,350 per year, or $141,390 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 8. Charleston, WV has a location quotient of 1.92, a gap of 0.99 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 4,320 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $80,230 per year, or $136,510 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

How common Registered Nurses is in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

BLS lists 22,930 Registered Nurses jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It also lists 20.21 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.93. A value of 1 means Registered Nurses has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Registered Nurses beside other roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

The all-occupations median in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is $84,050 per year. The Registered Nurses median is $216,740 per year. Registered Nurses is 157.9% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Registered Nurses. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Managers, All Other, SOC 11-9199, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $217,280 per year. BLS lists 13,740 jobs and a location quotient of 3.03.
• 2. Software Developers, SOC 15-1252, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $213,110 per year. BLS lists 87,350 jobs and a location quotient of 7.09.
• 3. Computer Hardware Engineers, SOC 17-2061, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $209,860 per year. BLS lists 7,940 jobs and a location quotient of 14.19.
• 4. Financial Managers, SOC 11-3031, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $225,280 per year. BLS lists 7,970 jobs and a location quotient of 1.3.
• 5. Sales Managers, SOC 11-2022, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $201,780 per year. BLS lists 8,940 jobs and a location quotient of 1.92.
• 6. Computer Occupations, All Other, SOC 15-1299, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $184,430 per year. BLS lists 16,680 jobs and a location quotient of 5.25.
• 7. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $163,860 per year. BLS lists 17,230 jobs and a location quotient of 0.67.
• 8. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, SOC 13-1161, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $141,960 per year. BLS lists 12,710 jobs and a location quotient of 1.94.

The largest detailed roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Software Developers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA table, at 87,350 jobs. Registered Nurses has 22,930 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,134,970. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Registered Nurses's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Software Developers has 87,350 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 64,420 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $213,110 per year, or $3,630 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 7.09.
• 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 49,610 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 26,680 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $37,640 per year, or $179,100 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.58.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 23,060 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 130 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $44,570 per year, or $172,170 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers has 19,070 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 3,860 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $291,660 per year, or $74,920 above Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 3.9.
• 5. Retail Salespersons has 18,340 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 4,590 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $44,220 per year, or $172,520 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.64.
• 6. General and Operations Managers has 17,230 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 5,700 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $163,860 per year, or $52,880 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 7. Computer Occupations, All Other has 16,680 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 6,250 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $184,430 per year, or $32,310 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 5.25.
• 8. Cashiers has 16,530 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 6,400 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $42,960 per year, or $173,780 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.73.

Published role medians around San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Information Systems Managers has the highest published median in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA role table, at $291,660 per year. Registered Nurses has $216,740 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $84,050 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a median of $291,660 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $74,920 above Registered Nurses. BLS lists 19,070 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 3.9.
• 2. Financial Managers has a median of $225,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $8,540 above Registered Nurses. BLS lists 7,970 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 3. Managers, All Other has a median of $217,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $540 above Registered Nurses. BLS lists 13,740 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 3.03.
• 4. Software Developers has a median of $213,110 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $3,630 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 87,350 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 7.09.
• 5. Computer Hardware Engineers has a median of $209,860 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $6,880 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 7,940 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 14.19.
• 6. Sales Managers has a median of $201,780 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $14,960 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 8,940 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.92.
• 7. Computer Occupations, All Other has a median of $184,430 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $32,310 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 16,680 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 5.25.
• 8. General and Operations Managers has a median of $163,860 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $52,880 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 17,230 jobs, compared with 22,930 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.67.

Roles with the largest local share in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Computer Hardware Engineers has the highest location quotient in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA role table, at 14.19. Registered Nurses has 0.93. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Registered Nurses with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Computer Hardware Engineers has a location quotient of 14.19 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 13.26 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 7,940 jobs and a median of $209,860 per year, or $6,880 below Registered Nurses.
• 2. Software Developers has a location quotient of 7.09 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 6.16 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 87,350 jobs and a median of $213,110 per year, or $3,630 below Registered Nurses.
• 3. Computer Occupations, All Other has a location quotient of 5.25 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 4.32 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 16,680 jobs and a median of $184,430 per year, or $32,310 below Registered Nurses.
• 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a location quotient of 3.9 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 2.97 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 19,070 jobs and a median of $291,660 per year, or $74,920 above Registered Nurses.
• 5. Managers, All Other has a location quotient of 3.03 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 2.10 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 13,740 jobs and a median of $217,280 per year, or $540 above Registered Nurses.
• 6. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a location quotient of 1.94 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 1.01 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 12,710 jobs and a median of $141,960 per year, or $74,780 below Registered Nurses.
• 7. Sales Managers has a location quotient of 1.92 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 0.99 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 8,940 jobs and a median of $201,780 per year, or $14,960 below Registered Nurses.
• 8. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 1.58 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 0.65 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 49,610 jobs and a median of $37,640 per year, or $179,100 below Registered Nurses.

What $216,740 may mean after the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 10.4% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $216,740 Registered Nurses median by 110.4 divided by 100. The result is $196,282 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 211.9. Goods are 105.2. Utilities are 156.7. Other services are 100.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA row

The employment RSE for this Registered Nurses row is 0.7%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 22,930 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $194,950 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Registered Nurses. It uses a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $216,740 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Registered Nurses row for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 22,930 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.93 is not a growth score. Rank 1 of 380 is not a place score. The 110.4 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1141 in BLS area 41940. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.