State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Arkansas, $125,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $125,660
- p25
- $105,450
- p75
- $137,550
- p10
- $99,420
- p90
- $205,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.