State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Florida vs Hawaii
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Florida, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.2%
Florida vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,190
- p25
- $78,660
- p75
- $101,180
- p10
- $67,970
- p90
- $120,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.