State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Kentucky, $122,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $122,870
- p25
- $106,240
- p75
- $132,720
- p10
- $95,710
- p90
- $162,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.