State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Alabama vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Alabama, $77,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.5%
Alabama vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-30%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $77,080
- p25
- $63,500
- p75
- $83,380
- p10
- $58,150
- p90
- $98,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Hawaii
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $136,320
- p25
- $101,200
- p75
- $144,140
- p10
- $82,500
- p90
- $147,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.