State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Louisiana
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Louisiana, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 69.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.9%
Hawaii vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+36.2%
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%
Louisiana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $69,040
- p75
- $93,600
- p10
- $63,800
- p90
- $104,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +92%
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.