State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Texas
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Texas, $95,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.4%
Oregon vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+26.2%
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%
Texas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,970
- p25
- $79,170
- p75
- $105,100
- p10
- $67,120
- p90
- $127,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.