State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In New Jersey, $106,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $106,500
- p25
- $99,710
- p75
- $127,730
- p10
- $83,060
- p90
- $135,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.