Registered Nurses salary in Hawaii

Registered Nurses in Hawaii earned a median of $136,320 in 2024, about 44% above the US median of $94,511. That is one of the larger state-level premiums we see for this occupation across the country.

The spread between the bottom and top of the pay range is narrow by national standards. The 10th-percentile wage was $82,380 and the 90th was $146,480, a gap of roughly $64,000. For context, the same gap runs wider in many mainland states where experience and specialty drive bigger jumps. In Hawaii, wages compress toward the upper end: the 75th percentile sits at $139,310, close to the 90th, which tells us most nurses here earn in a fairly tight band once past the entry years.

Hawaii's cost of living complicates the headline number. The state's overall price index was 113.2 against a national baseline of 100. Adjusting for that, the $136,320 median translates to roughly $120,400 in purchasing terms, narrowing the real gap with the national figure to closer to 27%. The nominal premium is real, but it buys less in Honolulu than it would in, say, Columbus.

BLS projects employment for Registered Nurses to grow 4.9% between 2024 and 2034, which it classifies as average growth. That projection is national, and Hawaii's 13,100 employed nurses work in a market shaped by island geography and a relatively fixed hospital footprint. Growth here tends to follow demographic demand rather than new facility construction.