State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Idaho vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Idaho, $132,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.1%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,540
- p25
- $123,920
- p75
- $151,600
- p10
- $100,480
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.