State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Mississippi
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Mississippi, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 76.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.8%
Hawaii vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+39.9%
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%
Mississippi
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $64,930
- p75
- $84,500
- p10
- $60,610
- p90
- $100,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.