Registered Nurses salary in Lafayette, LA

Median pay for registered nurses in Lafayette, LA: $70,610/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $57,600 – $98,210 · about 2,900 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($80,810) by −$10,200 (-13%).

What it's really worth in Lafayette

With Lafayette's cost of living at 88 (US=100), that $70,610 has the buying power of about $80,648 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,150 · median home $202,312 · median rent $1,371/mo.

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How Lafayette ranks for this job

On raw pay, Lafayette, LA is 173rd of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Lafayette's cost of living is applied, it ranks 152nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Lafayette is one of the places where registered nurses gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Lafayette

A median home in Lafayette, LA costs $202,312 — about 2.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,371/mo works out at 23% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where registered nurses earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Lafayette.

Metro	Median pay	vs Lafayette	Rent vs Lafayette
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+165%	1.8×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+157%	2.4×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+154%	2.6×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+123%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in LA

Metro	Median pay	vs Lafayette	Rent vs Lafayette
New Orleans, LA	$81,400	+15%	1.2×
Shreveport, LA	$80,090	+13%	1×
Baton Rouge, LA	$75,670	+7%	1×

Staying in LA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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