State comparison · 2025
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $80,470. In Kentucky, $60,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Median
- $60,460
- p25
- $54,290
- p75
- $65,090
- p10
- $48,420
- p90
- $73,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.