State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Delaware vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Delaware, $99,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Delaware vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,520
- p25
- $85,900
- p75
- $111,720
- p10
- $78,340
- p90
- $123,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.