State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Oklahoma
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Oklahoma, $82,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.4%
Hawaii vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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%
Oklahoma
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,920
- p25
- $77,350
- p75
- $98,910
- p10
- $60,530
- p90
- $106,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.