State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Maryland vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Maryland, $131,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,110
- p25
- $119,660
- p75
- $147,140
- p10
- $99,920
- p90
- $169,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.