State comparison · 2025
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $80,470. In Kansas, $61,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.3%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Median
- $61,760
- p25
- $56,260
- p75
- $69,470
- p10
- $49,780
- p90
- $77,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Oregon
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Median
- $80,470
- p25
- $73,040
- p75
- $90,690
- p10
- $64,000
- p90
- $98,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.