State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Massachusetts, $142,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.8%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $142,440
- p25
- $132,460
- p75
- $168,100
- p10
- $111,950
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.