State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Minnesota, $101,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $101,510
- p25
- $88,940
- p75
- $114,760
- p10
- $79,960
- p90
- $132,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.