State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: North Carolina vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In North Carolina, $84,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
North Carolina vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $84,350
- p25
- $78,770
- p75
- $102,040
- p10
- $67,660
- p90
- $110,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.