State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arizona vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Arizona, $134,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.9%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $134,420
- p25
- $126,880
- p75
- $159,780
- p10
- $104,400
- p90
- $173,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.