State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In South Carolina, $123,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $123,290
- p25
- $107,930
- p75
- $132,220
- p10
- $97,080
- p90
- $160,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.