State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Registered Nurses in New York earn a median of $109,440. In Massachusetts, $104,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
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 York
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $109,440
- p25
- $94,840
- p75
- $129,660
- p10
- $79,760
- p90
- $157,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.