State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Tennessee
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Tennessee, $81,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 67.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.3%
Hawaii vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+39.7%
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%
Tennessee
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,500
- p25
- $75,460
- p75
- $95,250
- p10
- $63,970
- p90
- $104,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.