State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Montana
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Montana, $85,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.5% — not 59.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.8%
Hawaii vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+37.5%
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%
Montana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $85,280
- p25
- $80,210
- p75
- $100,800
- p10
- $70,120
- p90
- $113,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.