State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Idaho vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Idaho, $92,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Idaho vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $92,460
- p25
- $80,900
- p75
- $102,320
- p10
- $71,210
- p90
- $121,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.