State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arizona vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Arizona, $99,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Arizona vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $99,500
- p25
- $81,810
- p75
- $108,580
- p10
- $70,540
- p90
- $130,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Oregon
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $129,010
- p25
- $107,220
- p75
- $134,420
- p10
- $95,280
- p90
- $155,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.