State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Minnesota, $133,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.6%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $133,260
- p25
- $111,750
- p75
- $155,260
- p10
- $98,950
- p90
- $170,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.