This page is built from the job board's live index of open postings on hospital and health-system career sites in Hawaii: 165 open positions from 8 employers as of September 26, 2026, 0.1% of all open postings in the index, which ranks Hawaii #51 of 51 states. Registered nurses are 29.1% of the state's postings (25). Every figure below is a count or a posted pay range, never a job description; the method is at the end.
Where the jobs are in Hawaii
| # | City | Open postings | of which RN | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kailua, HI | 73 | 23 | 1 |
| 2 | Waianae, HI | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Honolulu, HI | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kaneohe, HI | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Kapolei, HI | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Honokaa, HI | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Waipahu, HI | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kapaau, HI | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Every city links to its live listings; the state's registered-nurse listings are at RN jobs in Hawaii.
Health systems hiring the most in Hawaii
Counted by open postings on the system's own career site, so a system that lists every unit and shift separately ranks higher than one that posts one evergreen requisition per role.
Which roles Hawaii employers are hiring
| Role | Open postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| registered nurses | 25 | 29.1% |
| medical assistants | 18 | 20.9% |
| patient access representatives | 11 | 12.8% |
| certified nursing assistants | 9 | 10.5% |
| radiologic technologists | 7 | 8.1% |
| physicians | 6 | 7% |
| occupational therapists | 5 | 5.8% |
| phlebotomists | 5 | 5.8% |
What nursing jobs pay in Hawaii
For reference, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 12,940 registered nurses employed in Hawaii with a mean wage of $59.78 an hour ($124,340 a year), OEWS May 2025.
Only 26.7% of Hawaii postings state a pay range with both ends: too few to publish a posted median (the rule is at least 100 postings and a median within a third of the BLS mean). The BLS figure above is the reliable reference for this state.
Licensing: working as a nurse in Hawaii
Hawaii is not a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact, per NCSBN's compact map (read September 26, 2026, which lists 40 member states). A nurse licensed in another state needs a Hawaii license by endorsement before starting work, so employers here draw mostly on nurses already licensed in the state. The state's board of nursing contact page is on NCSBN.
Licensing is issued by the state board of nursing: an approved nursing program, the NCLEX-RN (or NCLEX-PN), a background check and the board's application. The board's own pages are the source of truth for fees and timelines; this page does not restate them.
How this is built
- Scope: open, published postings ingested from public hospital and health-system career sites (source = api); customer-bridged and manual postings excluded. Only postings whose location is in Hawaii count here; a posting listing several sites counts once, at its first site.
- Pay point: midpoint of the posted range, hourly (annual ÷ 2080), only where both ends and the unit are posted. The top of a posted range is never used as "the pay". A posted median is published only with at least 100 postings and within a third of the BLS mean.
- Freshness: the index is crawled daily; this page is regenerated monthly and shows its generation date.
- References: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, state estimates; NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map data, read September 26, 2026.
Data as of September 26, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How many open nursing jobs are there in Hawaii right now?
165 open postings from 8 hospital and health-system employers in Hawaii as of September 26, 2026, 25 of them for registered nurses. Kailua has the most (73), then Waianae (31).
What do registered nurses earn in Hawaii?
The BLS OEWS May 2025 mean for registered nurses in Hawaii is $59.78 an hour, $124,340 a year, across 12,940 employed RNs. Too few open postings state a pay range for a posted median to be published for this state.
Is Hawaii a Nurse Licensure Compact state?
No. Hawaii is not an NLC member (NCSBN map, read September 26, 2026); nurses licensed elsewhere need a Hawaii license by endorsement.
Which hospitals are hiring nurses in Hawaii?
By open postings on their own career sites: Adventist Health (85), Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board, Incorporated (35), Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific (24) and 5 more listed above, as of September 26, 2026.