State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs South Dakota
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In South Dakota, $78,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 74.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+74.6%
Hawaii vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+40.7%
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 Dakota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,060
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $84,280
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $98,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.