State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Kentucky
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Kentucky, $81,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 68.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.2%
Hawaii vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+37.9%
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%
Kentucky
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,040
- p25
- $75,670
- p75
- $97,200
- p10
- $64,170
- p90
- $111,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.