State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs New Mexico
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In New Mexico, $94,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.5%
Hawaii vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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 Mexico
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $94,340
- p25
- $80,960
- p75
- $102,750
- p10
- $74,300
- p90
- $123,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.