State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Virginia
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Virginia, $93,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 45.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.6%
Hawaii vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+33.9%
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%
Virginia
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $93,600
- p25
- $80,090
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $67,830
- p90
- $125,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.