State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Maryland
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Maryland, $99,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.6%
Hawaii vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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%
Maryland
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,790
- p25
- $83,740
- p75
- $107,340
- p10
- $76,780
- p90
- $124,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.