State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Maine
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Maine, $86,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.7%
Hawaii vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+38.3%
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%
Maine
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $86,990
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $101,460
- p10
- $74,160
- p90
- $106,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.