State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Vermont
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Vermont, $97,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
Hawaii vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+24.6%
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%
Vermont
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $97,460
- p25
- $82,210
- p75
- $105,210
- p10
- $77,670
- p90
- $126,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.