State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Maine vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Maine, $86,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.6%
Maine vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $86,990
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $101,460
- p10
- $74,160
- p90
- $106,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.