State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Alaska vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Alaska, $109,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Alaska vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $109,480
- p25
- $97,700
- p75
- $129,100
- p10
- $85,030
- p90
- $149,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.