State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Kansas, $79,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $79,320
- p25
- $73,300
- p75
- $94,700
- p10
- $63,180
- p90
- $100,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.