State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Oregon vs Wyoming
Registered Nurses in Oregon earn a median of $129,010. In Wyoming, $83,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.1% — not 54%.
Nominal pay gap
+54%
Oregon vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+38.1%
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%
Wyoming
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $83,760
- p25
- $77,890
- p75
- $101,100
- p10
- $65,770
- p90
- $107,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.