State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Wisconsin
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Wisconsin, $95,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Oregon vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+22.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,530
- p25
- $81,920
- p75
- $102,610
- p10
- $77,470
- p90
- $119,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.