State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: District of Columbia vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In District of Columbia, $135,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
District of Columbia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,880
- p25
- $125,490
- p75
- $160,950
- p10
- $115,200
- p90
- $180,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.