State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Missouri vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Missouri, $81,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Missouri vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-27.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,780
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $98,560
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $104,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.