State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Colorado vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Colorado, $100,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Colorado vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,260
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $108,930
- p10
- $79,500
- p90
- $124,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.