State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Illinois vs Texas
Registered Nurses in Illinois earn a median of $95,990. In Texas, $95,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 0%.
Nominal pay gap
0%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-2.9%
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%
Texas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,970
- p25
- $79,170
- p75
- $105,100
- p10
- $67,120
- p90
- $127,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.