State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs South Carolina
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In South Carolina, $82,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 65.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.5%
Hawaii vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41%
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%
South Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,360
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $97,230
- p10
- $66,860
- p90
- $106,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.