How much do registered nurses make in Kahului-Wailuku, HI?

What the Registered Nurses median says in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Registered Nurses median in Kahului-Wailuku, HI at $144,350 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 29-1141 and BLS area 27980.

BLS lists 1,270 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $127,320 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Kahului-Wailuku, HI's Registered Nurses median is 48.0% above the U.S. Registered Nurses median of $97,550 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 29-1141 with area 27980

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1141 and area 27980. SOC 29-1141 names Registered Nurses. Area 27980 names Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 29-1141/27980 row has 1,270 wage and salary jobs. There are 17.24 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.79. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 29-1141/27980, the annual median is $144,350 per year, while the matching mean is $127,320 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 29-1141/27980 10th percentile: $89,710 per year.
• 29-1141/27980 25th percentile: $101,370 per year.
• 29-1141/27980 median: $144,350 per year.
• 29-1141/27980 75th percentile: $144,960 per year.
• 29-1141/27980 90th percentile: $145,730 per year.
• 29-1141/27980 employment RSE: 3%. Mean-wage RSE: 1%.
• 29-1141/27980 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 27980 facts behind this Registered Nurses page

Area 27980 reports 73,750 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $68,720. Its annual median is $57,640. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1141 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Kahului-Wailuku, HI runs from $36,430 at the 10th percentile to $115,570 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $44,370. The median is $57,640. The 75th percentile is $79,030. This is a place check, not a pay range for Registered Nurses.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 27980. They do not show related skills or a path into Registered Nurses.

• 1. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 27980. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 2,700. Yearly median: $82,550. Jobs per 1,000: 36.58. Location quotient: 2.5.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 27980. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 2,590. Yearly median: $37,840. Jobs per 1,000: 35.15. Location quotient: 1.42.
• 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 27980. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 2,510. Yearly median: $39,630. Jobs per 1,000: 34.02. Location quotient: 1.36.
• 4. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Area: 27980. SOC: 37-2012. Jobs: 2,260. Yearly median: $53,030. Jobs per 1,000: 30.6. Location quotient: 5.53.
• 5. Cooks, Restaurant. Area: 27980. SOC: 35-2014. Jobs: 1,770. Yearly median: $49,560. Jobs per 1,000: 23.99. Location quotient: 2.65.
• 6. General and Operations Managers. Area: 27980. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 1,650. Yearly median: $108,010. Jobs per 1,000: 22.42. Location quotient: 1.

Read the Kahului-Wailuku, HI wage ladder for Registered Nurses

The 10th percentile is $89,710 per year. The 25th percentile is $101,370 per year. The median is $144,350 per year. The 75th percentile is $144,960 per year. The 90th percentile is $145,730 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $101,370 per year to $144,960 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $56,020. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Kahului-Wailuku, HI with its state and the U.S.

Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a annual median of $144,350 per year. Hawaii has $136,320 per year. The U.S. row has $97,550 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 5.9% above Hawaii on the same published median. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 48.0% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits for Registered Nurses

Kahului-Wailuku, HI ranks 8 of 380 among metro areas with a published annual median for Registered Nurses. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 8 of 380 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $171,460 per year. BLS estimates 23,590 jobs. The location quotient is 1.
• 6. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $170,960 per year. BLS estimates 1,750 jobs. The location quotient is 0.82.
• 7. Yuba City, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $149,320 per year. BLS estimates 1,080 jobs. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 9. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $139,520 per year. BLS estimates 28,680 jobs. The location quotient is 0.86.
• 10. Urban Honolulu, HI. The Registered Nurses median is $139,260 per year. BLS estimates 9,680 jobs. The location quotient is 1.
• 11. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. The Registered Nurses median is $138,820 per year. BLS estimates 2,180 jobs. The location quotient is 0.82.

Where Registered Nurses medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 29-1141, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $216,740 per year. Kahului-Wailuku, HI sits at $144,350 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Registered Nurses is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $216,740 per year, or $72,390 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 22,930 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.93.
• 2. Vallejo, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $203,290 per year, or $58,940 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 4,120 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 1.32.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $186,610 per year, or $42,260 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 41,750 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.81.
• 4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $174,550 per year, or $30,200 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 3,720 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.83.
• 5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $171,460 per year, or $27,110 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 23,590 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 1.
• 6. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $170,960 per year, or $26,610 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 1,750 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.82.
• 7. Yuba City, CA has a Registered Nurses median of $149,320 per year, or $4,970 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 1,080 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 8. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Registered Nurses median of $144,350 per year, or $0 above Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 1,270 jobs there, compared with 1,270 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The location quotient is 0.79.

Where BLS counts the most Registered Nurses jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Registered Nurses in this same-source set, at 197,740 jobs. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has 1,270. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 197,740 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 196,470 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $119,720 per year, or $24,630 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 0.96.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 109,360 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 108,090 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $135,560 per year, or $8,790 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 100,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 98,970 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $100,490 per year, or $43,860 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 76,680 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 75,410 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $101,420 per year, or $42,930 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 73,790 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 72,520 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $101,180 per year, or $43,170 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 65,910 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 64,640 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $99,830 per year, or $44,520 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 0.92.
• 7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 64,240 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 62,970 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $106,180 per year, or $38,170 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 61,670 estimated Registered Nurses jobs, a gap of 60,400 jobs from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $52,970 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Where Registered Nurses takes the largest share of local jobs

Morgantown, WV has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.08. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has 0.79. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Registered Nurses is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Morgantown, WV has a location quotient of 3.08, a gap of 2.29 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 4,510 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $80,130 per year, or $64,220 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 2. Rochester, MN has a location quotient of 2.39, a gap of 1.60 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 6,390 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $101,660 per year, or $42,690 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 3. Ann Arbor, MI has a location quotient of 2.3, a gap of 1.51 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 10,980 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $103,450 per year, or $40,900 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 4. Gainesville, FL has a location quotient of 2.25, a gap of 1.46 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 7,470 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $81,870 per year, or $62,480 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 5. Greenville, NC has a location quotient of 2.15, a gap of 1.36 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 3,770 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $81,670 per year, or $62,680 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 6. Iowa City, IA has a location quotient of 2, a gap of 1.21 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 4,090 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $85,940 per year, or $58,410 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 7. Sioux Falls, SD-MN has a location quotient of 1.98, a gap of 1.19 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 7,680 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $75,350 per year, or $69,000 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.
• 8. Charleston, WV has a location quotient of 1.92, a gap of 1.13 from Kahului-Wailuku, HI. BLS lists 4,320 Registered Nurses jobs and a median of $80,230 per year, or $64,120 below Kahului-Wailuku, HI.

How common Registered Nurses is in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

BLS lists 1,270 Registered Nurses jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It also lists 17.24 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.79. A value of 1 means Registered Nurses has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Registered Nurses beside other roles in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

The all-occupations median in Kahului-Wailuku, HI is $57,640 per year. The Registered Nurses median is $144,350 per year. Registered Nurses is 150.4% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kahului-Wailuku, HI. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Registered Nurses. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $108,010 per year. BLS lists 1,650 jobs and a location quotient of 1.
• 2. Bartenders, SOC 35-3011, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $86,280 per year. BLS lists 800 jobs and a location quotient of 2.22.
• 3. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $82,550 per year. BLS lists 2,700 jobs and a location quotient of 2.5.
• 4. Carpenters, SOC 47-2031, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $82,110 per year. BLS lists 700 jobs and a location quotient of 2.19.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $71,830 per year. BLS lists 640 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $68,630 per year. BLS lists 1,240 jobs and a location quotient of 1.83.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $63,980 per year. BLS lists 1,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.86.
• 8. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, SOC 35-9011, has a Kahului-Wailuku, HI median of $61,230 per year. BLS lists 840 jobs and a location quotient of 3.26.

The largest detailed roles in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Waiters and Waitresses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kahului-Wailuku, HI table, at 2,700 jobs. Registered Nurses has 1,270 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 73,750. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Registered Nurses's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Waiters and Waitresses has 2,700 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 1,430 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $82,550 per year, or $61,800 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.5.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,590 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 1,320 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $37,840 per year, or $106,510 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.42.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 2,510 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 1,240 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $39,630 per year, or $104,720 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.36.
• 4. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 2,260 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 990 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $53,030 per year, or $91,320 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 5.53.
• 5. Cooks, Restaurant has 1,770 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 500 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $49,560 per year, or $94,790 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.65.
• 6. General and Operations Managers has 1,650 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 380 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $108,010 per year, or $36,340 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has 1,510 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 240 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $45,740 per year, or $98,610 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 8. Cashiers has 1,500 jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 230 from Registered Nurses. Its median is $39,010 per year, or $105,340 below Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.03.

Published role medians around Kahului-Wailuku, HI

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Kahului-Wailuku, HI role table, at $108,010 per year. Registered Nurses has $144,350 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $57,640 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $108,010 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $36,340 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,650 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.
• 2. Bartenders has a median of $86,280 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $58,070 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 800 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.22.
• 3. Waiters and Waitresses has a median of $82,550 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $61,800 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 2,700 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.5.
• 4. Carpenters has a median of $82,110 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $62,240 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 700 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 2.19.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $71,830 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $72,520 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 640 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 0.97.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $68,630 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $75,720 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,240 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.83.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $63,980 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $80,370 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,350 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 1.86.
• 8. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers has a median of $61,230 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, or $83,120 below Registered Nurses. BLS lists 840 jobs, compared with 1,270 for Registered Nurses. Its location quotient is 3.26.

Roles with the largest local share in Kahului-Wailuku, HI

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kahului-Wailuku, HI role table, at 5.9. Registered Nurses has 0.79. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Registered Nurses with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks has a location quotient of 5.9 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 5.11 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 730 jobs and a median of $60,360 per year, or $83,990 below Registered Nurses.
• 2. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 5.53 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 4.74 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 2,260 jobs and a median of $53,030 per year, or $91,320 below Registered Nurses.
• 3. Amusement and Recreation Attendants has a location quotient of 3.78 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 2.99 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 710 jobs and a median of $49,020 per year, or $95,330 below Registered Nurses.
• 4. Dishwashers has a location quotient of 3.54 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 2.75 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 800 jobs and a median of $45,930 per year, or $98,420 below Registered Nurses.
• 5. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers has a location quotient of 3.26 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 2.47 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 840 jobs and a median of $61,230 per year, or $83,120 below Registered Nurses.
• 6. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 2.89 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 2.10 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,310 jobs and a median of $48,570 per year, or $95,780 below Registered Nurses.
• 7. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 2.65 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 1.86 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 1,770 jobs and a median of $49,560 per year, or $94,790 below Registered Nurses.
• 8. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 2.5 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI, a gap of 1.71 from Registered Nurses. BLS lists 2,700 jobs and a median of $82,550 per year, or $61,800 below Registered Nurses.

What $144,350 may mean after the Kahului-Wailuku, HI price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 109.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 9.4% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $144,350 Registered Nurses median by 109.4 divided by 100. The result is $131,955 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 119.2. Goods are 111.6. Utilities are 190.6. Other services are 102.9. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Kahului-Wailuku, HI row

The employment RSE for this Registered Nurses row is 3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 1,270 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $127,320 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Kahului-Wailuku, HI wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Registered Nurses. It uses a Kahului-Wailuku, HI place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $144,350 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Registered Nurses row for Kahului-Wailuku, HI does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 1,270 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.79 is not a growth score. Rank 8 of 380 is not a place score. The 109.4 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1141 in BLS area 27980. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.