State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Hawaii vs Washington
Registered Nurses in Hawaii earn a median of $136,320. In Washington, $124,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 9.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.8%
Hawaii vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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%
Washington
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $124,200
- p25
- $103,100
- p75
- $134,240
- p10
- $89,630
- p90
- $161,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.