State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Arkansas vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Arkansas, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Arkansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-27.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $66,640
- p75
- $90,280
- p10
- $60,780
- p90
- $103,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.