Behavioral Health Services California
Hiring organization · Based in Los Angeles, CA
- 1
- open role, live count
- 4.3
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
What stands out
Moving here
You would be based in Los Angeles, California, where many nurses live farther from job centers and build 25–40 mile drives into the workday.
Experienced nurses
Other LA-area employers in the same market include Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, Cedars-Sinai, Adventist Health, USC, Keck Medical Center of USC, and Kaiser Permanente.
Travel nurses
California is not a compact-license state, so your license plan has to account for CA requirements before you start.
New graduates
Affordable housing near LA job centers is scarce, so new nurses often look at places like Culver City or lower-density areas farther out.
More about working here
Moving here
Housing plus transportation in this city run about $8,000 above the national average and can consume roughly half of household costs.
The city
Living in Los Angeles, CA
At 14% above the national average, LA's cost of living means your $80k–$150k nurse salary rents in Koreatown, East Hollywood, Glendale, or DTLA—not Westside buying. Koreatown packs families and Korean barbecue into noisy blocks with little greenery; Porter Ranch answers with trails, safety (safer than 94% of the city), and $681,550 median homes.
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- Metro price level · Los Angeles area
- 14% above the national average
- BEA index 113.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,933/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $81,939/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
The record does not spell out unit texture, ratios, scheduling, or a posted pay range, so those details have to come from the hiring team or the specific job posting in front of you. What you can plan around is the city itself.
More about Behavioral Health Services California
Cost of living sits above the national price level, affordable housing near job centers is scarce, and many nurses take long personal-vehicle drives on congested freeways. Housing and transportation together often take a large share of the household budget. Nearby systems in the same market include Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, USC, Keck Medical Center of USC, Cedars-Sinai, Adventist Health, and Kaiser Permanente. California is not a compact-license state, and state income tax is graduated. If you apply here, go in ready to ask directly about pay, schedule, and orientation—those answers are not in the public record yet.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
The good
- Los Angeles location for California behavioral health work
- Several other large LA-area health employers nearby for market comparison
- City has named neighborhood options nurses discuss, such as Culver City
The hard parts
- Cost of living about 14% above the national price level
- Long 25–40 mile car commutes and heavy freeway congestion are common
- California is not a nurse-license compact state
The reality check
Before you decide
Weighing a first job here?
The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.
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