State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Vermont
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Vermont, $97,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
Oregon vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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%
Vermont
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $97,460
- p25
- $82,210
- p75
- $105,210
- p10
- $77,670
- p90
- $126,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.