State

RN hourly mean wage

Cost of living index

RN hourly mean wage, adjusted by cost of living

California

$66.20

134.5

$49.22

Minnesota

$45.59

94.1

$48.45

Georgia

$43.27

91

$47.55

Oregon

$54.54

115.1

$47.38

New Mexico

$44.30

94.2

$47.03

Texas

$43.37

93

$46.63

Illinois

$42.14

90.8

$46.41

Washington

$53.38

115.1

$46.38

Nevada

$46.97

101.3

$46.37

Oklahoma

$39.48

86

$45.91

Michigan

$41.45

92.7

$44.71

Delaware

$45.51

102.6

$44.36

Wisconsin

$41.93

95

$44.14

Wyoming

$40.38

92.8

$43.51

Indiana

$39.76

91.5

$43.45

Connecticut

$48.96

113.1

$43.29

Ohio

$40.59

94

$43.18

New Jersey

$49.02

114.1

$42.96

Nebraska

$38.36

90.1

$42.57

Mississippi

$36.30

85.3

$42.56

Pennsylvania

$42.08

99

$42.51

Alaska

$52.51

124.4

$42.21

Louisiana

$38.83

92

$42.21

Missouri

$37.30

88.4

$42.19

Kentucky

$39.31

93.8

$41.91

Colorado

$44.10

105.5

$41.80

Kansas

$36.65

87.7

$41.79

Tennessee

$37.61

90.4

$41.60

Rhode Island

$45.71

110.5

$41.37

North Carolina

$39.68

96.1

$41.29

Virginia

$42.48

103.1

$41.20

Arizona

$43.96

107.2

$41.01

New York

$51.26

125.1

$40.98

South Carolina

$39.13

96.5

$40.55

West Virginia

$36.53

90.3

$40.45

North Dakota

$38.07

94.6

$40.24

Iowa

$35.87

89.7

$39.99

Florida

$40.75

102.3

$39.83

Utah

$39.95

101.5

$39.36

Arkansas

$35.05

90.3

$38.82

Alabama

$34.31

88.8

$38.64

Montana

$39.88

103.7

$38.46

Idaho

$39.95

106.1

$37.65

New Hampshire

$42.98

115

$37.37

Maryland

$44.27

119.5

$37.05

Vermont

$42.49

114.9

$36.98

Maine

$40.55

111.5

$36.37

South Dakota

$33.19

93.8

$35.38

Massachusetts

$52.33

148.4

$35.26

District of Columbia

$51.37

148.7

$34.55

Hawaii

$57.55

179

$32.15