State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In New Mexico, $137,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 11.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.9%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,520
- p25
- $124,740
- p75
- $160,950
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $175,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.