State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Kentucky, $81,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,040
- p25
- $75,670
- p75
- $97,200
- p10
- $64,170
- p90
- $111,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.