State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Massachusetts, $104,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $104,550
- p25
- $87,460
- p75
- $136,110
- p10
- $80,310
- p90
- $174,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.