State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New York vs Texas
Registered Nurses in New York earn a median of $109,440. In Texas, $95,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+2.6%
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%
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.