State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Kansas
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Kansas, $79,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.8% — not 71.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.9%
Hawaii vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+40.8%
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%
Kansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $79,320
- p25
- $73,300
- p75
- $94,700
- p10
- $63,180
- p90
- $100,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.