State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Michigan vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Michigan, $131,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,450
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $140,850
- p10
- $101,640
- p90
- $165,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.