State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Registered Nurses in North Carolina earn a median of $84,350. In Florida, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 0.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.2%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
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%
North Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,350
- p25
- $78,770
- p75
- $102,040
- p10
- $67,660
- p90
- $110,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.