State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs North Dakota
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In North Dakota, $80,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 68.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.9%
Hawaii vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+36.6%
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%
North Dakota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $80,730
- p25
- $69,620
- p75
- $93,080
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $103,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.