State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs North Carolina
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In North Carolina, $84,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 61.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.6%
Hawaii vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+38.5%
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%
North Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,350
- p25
- $78,770
- p75
- $102,040
- p10
- $67,660
- p90
- $110,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.