State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In New Jersey, $106,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+26.6%
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%
New Jersey
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $106,500
- p25
- $99,710
- p75
- $127,730
- p10
- $83,060
- p90
- $135,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.