State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Indiana
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Indiana, $83,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
Hawaii vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+38.5%
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%
Indiana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $83,500
- p25
- $78,750
- p75
- $100,410
- p10
- $66,750
- p90
- $105,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.