State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alabama vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Alabama, $105,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $105,750
- p25
- $97,960
- p75
- $123,970
- p10
- $86,300
- p90
- $134,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $156,100
- p25
- $129,670
- p75
- $169,500
- p10
- $122,420
- p90
- $187,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.