State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Colorado vs Texas
Registered Nurses in Colorado earn a median of $100,260. In Texas, $95,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.5%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
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%
Texas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,970
- p25
- $79,170
- p75
- $105,100
- p10
- $67,120
- p90
- $127,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.