State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arkansas vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Arkansas, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.7% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.1%
Arkansas vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-26.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $66,640
- p75
- $90,280
- p10
- $60,780
- p90
- $103,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.