State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Tennessee, $81,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 58.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.3%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+40.7%
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%
Tennessee
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $81,500
- p25
- $75,460
- p75
- $95,250
- p10
- $63,970
- p90
- $104,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.