State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In North Carolina, $128,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,990
- p25
- $114,260
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $103,530
- p90
- $164,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.