State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Missouri
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Missouri, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 66.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.7%
Hawaii vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+37.6%
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%
Missouri
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,780
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $98,560
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $104,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.