State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oklahoma vs Oregon
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Oklahoma, $82,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Oklahoma vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-24.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,920
- p25
- $77,350
- p75
- $98,910
- p10
- $60,530
- p90
- $106,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.