State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Virginia
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Virginia, $93,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
Oregon vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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%
Virginia
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $93,600
- p25
- $80,090
- p75
- $103,030
- p10
- $67,830
- p90
- $125,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.