State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Ohio
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Ohio, $82,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.4% — not 65.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.2%
Hawaii vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+39.4%
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%
Ohio
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,510
- p25
- $79,200
- p75
- $99,030
- p10
- $66,980
- p90
- $105,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +10%
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.