State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Kansas vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Kansas, $126,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $126,650
- p25
- $108,460
- p75
- $133,940
- p10
- $98,330
- p90
- $158,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.