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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Registered Nurses Salary in Grants Pass, OR

Registered Nurses in Grants Pass, OR earn a median annual salary of $103,180, which is +10.2% compared to the national median. There are 530 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Grants Pass, OR (metro area).

$103,180
Grants Pass, OR median annual wage
$50/hour median
+10.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $93,600
530
Local employment
17.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.80
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$88,630
25th
$102,780
Median
$103,180
75th
$129,340
90th
$129,340

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Grants Pass, OR, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$105,544
Goods: 105.3%
Services: 103.6%
Rents: 79.9%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$208,940Compare21,460
Vallejo, CA$192,470Compare4,410
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$188,020Compare40,750
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$178,900Compare1,610
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$172,390Compare3,770
Modesto, CA$169,460Compare5,260

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Grants Pass, OR

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Computer And Information Systems Managers$160,5600.33
Pharmacists$150,0900.79
Marketing Managers$140,0300.47
Nurse Practitioners$135,8600.73
Software Developers$128,4400.19
Physician Assistants$126,8101.04
Education Administrators, Kindergarten Through Secondary$126,2101.17
Lawyers$124,2900.34

Grants Pass, OR has salary data for 168 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Computer And Information Systems Managers.

Historical series

Trend for Registered Nurses in Grants Pass, OR

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Registered Nurses are projected to change by +4.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 189,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.