State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs South Carolina
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In South Carolina, $82,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 56.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.6%
Oregon vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+41.9%
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%
South Carolina
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $82,360
- p25
- $77,320
- p75
- $97,230
- p10
- $66,860
- p90
- $106,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.