State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New Mexico vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In New Mexico, $94,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
New Mexico vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $94,340
- p25
- $80,960
- p75
- $102,750
- p10
- $74,300
- p90
- $123,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.