State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Nebraska vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Nebraska, $84,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Nebraska vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-24.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,730
- p25
- $79,240
- p75
- $99,640
- p10
- $66,020
- p90
- $106,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.