State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Idaho
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Idaho, $92,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
Hawaii vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Idaho
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $92,460
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $102,320
- p10
- $71,210
- p90
- $121,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.