State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Florida vs New York
Registered Nurses in New York earn a median of $109,440. In Florida, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.1%
Florida vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-19.7%
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%
New York
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $109,440
- p25
- $94,840
- p75
- $129,660
- p10
- $79,760
- p90
- $157,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.