State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
Registered Nurses in Massachusetts earn a median of $104,550. In New Hampshire, $99,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.9%
Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $104,550
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $136,110
- p10
- $80,310
- p90
- $174,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
New Hampshire
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,700
- p25
- $82,880
- p75
- $108,400
- p10
- $75,610
- p90
- $123,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.