State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Colorado vs Washington
Registered Nurses in Washington earn a median of $124,200. In Colorado, $100,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $100,260
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $108,930
- p10
- $79,500
- p90
- $124,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
Washington
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $124,200
- p25
- $103,100
- p75
- $134,240
- p10
- $89,630
- p90
- $161,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.