State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Rhode Island
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Rhode Island, $100,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
Oregon vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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%
Rhode Island
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,640
- p25
- $81,840
- p75
- $107,100
- p10
- $77,410
- p90
- $129,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.