State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alaska vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Alaska, $155,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 0.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.6%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $155,170
- p25
- $126,080
- p75
- $172,000
- p10
- $95,570
- p90
- $207,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.