State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Ohio vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Ohio, $82,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.7% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
-36%
Ohio vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Ohio
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,510
- p25
- $79,200
- p75
- $99,030
- p10
- $66,980
- p90
- $105,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +10%
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.