best paid state for nursing

[bashy]

I am a new grad. I have a list of states that I am considering going to, but I need to find out what the salary ranges are especially for a new grad. I have Hawaii, maryland, newyork, georgia, california and nevada on my mind so far. Is there somewhere that ranks states according to salary for nursing and standard of living. I would like to do a comparison.

[Gldngrl]

You could try http://www.salary.com, it lists costs of living standards and state by state comparisons as well as median salaries.