State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Minnesota
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Minnesota, $101,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.3%
Hawaii vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+20.4%
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%
Minnesota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $101,510
- p25
- $88,940
- p75
- $114,760
- p10
- $79,960
- p90
- $132,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.