State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arizona vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Arizona, $99,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Arizona vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,500
- p25
- $81,810
- p75
- $108,580
- p10
- $70,540
- p90
- $130,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.