State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Mississippi, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $64,930
- p75
- $84,500
- p10
- $60,610
- p90
- $100,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.