State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Iowa vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Iowa, $78,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Iowa vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,630
- p25
- $68,290
- p75
- $85,940
- p10
- $63,840
- p90
- $100,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.