State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Illinois vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Illinois, $95,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Illinois vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-23.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,990
- p25
- $80,020
- p75
- $105,960
- p10
- $69,170
- p90
- $118,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.