State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Michigan
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Michigan, $94,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Hawaii vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
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%
Michigan
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $94,300
- p25
- $82,080
- p75
- $103,450
- p10
- $77,260
- p90
- $116,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.