State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Delaware vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Delaware, $131,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,040
- p25
- $112,020
- p75
- $153,050
- p10
- $97,450
- p90
- $162,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.