State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Registered Nurses in Illinois earn a median of $95,990. In Indiana, $83,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
+15%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+7.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,990
- p25
- $80,020
- p75
- $105,960
- p10
- $69,170
- p90
- $118,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
Indiana
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $83,500
- p25
- $78,750
- p75
- $100,410
- p10
- $66,750
- p90
- $105,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.