State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Rhode Island, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 12.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.9%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $131,310
- p75
- $163,450
- p10
- $111,420
- p90
- $176,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.