Registered Nurse Salary in Portland, OR (2026)

What registered nurse pay in Portland really looks like

Portland is a standout-pay market for registered nurses. The local median of $130,310 a year runs $32,760 (34%) above the national median of $97,550, one of the widest premiums in the country for this occupation. Offers benchmarked to U.S.-wide averages will read far too low here — hold out for the local number, and treat the metro median as your floor, not your target.

Pay is tightly clustered here: the 25th-to-75th-percentile band runs just $108,280 to $136,460 (BLS). A narrow spread means the metro median is a dependable expectation rather than a midpoint between wildly different jobs — there is little room above it without a credential, a specialty, or a supervisory step, so the ladder up is about the role, not just the employer.

This is a substantial local market: BLS estimates roughly 24,220 registered nurse jobs across the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (a count of metro employment, not a survey of reported salaries). A deep employer base is good news for pay — it means more openings to compare side by side, more turnover creating vacancies, and more leverage to hold out for an employer at the top of the local range instead of settling for the first offer that lands.

Right now, Jobeezy is tracking 24 open registered nurse jobs in Portland against the BLS $130,310 benchmark — the live listings and the employers hiring are below, so you can see which openings actually clear the metro median before you apply.

Put it together and the picture for Portland is concrete: a metro median of $130,310 with most registered nurses landing between $108,280 and $136,460. The practical move is to aim for the upper half of that band. Jobeezy fit-scores local registered nurse openings, surfaces the employers posting toward $136,460, and applies for you — so your time goes to the jobs that clear the Portland median, not the ones that sit under it.

How we know this — Portland sources

Wage figures for Registered Nurse in Portland, OR are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimate for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (MSA code 38900) (SOC 29-1141), released 2026-07-23. Suppressed cells are shown as an em dash, never a zero.

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Registered Nurse pay in Portland, OR — common questions

How much does a Registered Nurse make in Portland, OR?

The median Registered Nurse salary in Portland, OR is $130,310/year ($32,760 (34%) above the national median), with a typical range of $108,280–$136,460 (25th–75th percentile). Figures are BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-07-23.

Is Portland a strong pay market for Registered Nurses?

At a $130,310 median, Portland is $32,760 (34%) above the national median. The U.S. median is $97,550. Jobeezy shows you which local employers actually pay at the top of that band before you apply.

How can I earn more as a Registered Nurse in Portland?

Target employers paying toward the $136,460 (75th-percentile) mark and anchor your negotiation to the BLS band. Jobeezy fit-scores Registered Nurse openings in Portland and auto-applies, so you reach more high-paying employers fast.

How many Registered Nurses work in Portland?

BLS estimates roughly 24,220 registered nurse jobs across Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (May 2025 metro employment — a count of jobs, not of salaries reported).