State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Pennsylvania, $96,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
Oregon vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $96,430
- p25
- $80,610
- p75
- $104,730
- p10
- $70,800
- p90
- $117,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.