State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Louisiana vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Louisiana, $125,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Louisiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $125,600
- p25
- $109,850
- p75
- $135,610
- p10
- $99,050
- p90
- $159,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.