State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Colorado vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Colorado, $132,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.8%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,930
- p25
- $118,410
- p75
- $150,990
- p10
- $87,770
- p90
- $170,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.