State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: North Dakota vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In North Dakota, $130,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
North Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Dakota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,070
- p25
- $107,290
- p75
- $135,620
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $162,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.