State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New York vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In New York, $109,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.2%
New York vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $109,440
- p25
- $94,840
- p75
- $129,660
- p10
- $79,760
- p90
- $157,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.