State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Florida vs Texas
Registered Nurses in Texas earn a median of $95,970. In Florida, $84,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.3%
Florida vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
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%
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.