State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs South Dakota
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In South Dakota, $78,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 65.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.3%
Oregon vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+41.6%
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 Dakota
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $78,060
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $84,280
- p10
- $54,040
- p90
- $98,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.