State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Colorado vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Colorado, $100,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Colorado vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-22.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,260
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $108,930
- p10
- $79,500
- p90
- $124,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.