A novel semiconductor laser device is provided which can suppress internal optical absorption even when In is used as a material for a semiconductor multilayer mirror containing a nitride. The semiconductor laser device has two mirrors disposed to face each other, and an active layer disposed therebetween. At least one of the mirrors is a multilayer mirror having first nitride semiconductor layers containing Ga and second nitride semiconductor layers containing Al, which are alternately laminated to each other. The second nitride semiconductor layer contains In and includes a first region having a refractive index lower than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second region having a refractive index lower than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer and an In concentration lower than that of the first region. The second region is disposed closer to the active layer than the first region.