State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses in New York earn a median of $109,440. In Pennsylvania, $96,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.5%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $96,430
- p25
- $80,610
- p75
- $104,730
- p10
- $70,800
- p90
- $117,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.