State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Massachusetts, $104,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.4%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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%
Massachusetts
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $104,550
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $136,110
- p10
- $80,310
- p90
- $174,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.