State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In South Dakota, $128,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,840
- p25
- $108,190
- p75
- $136,180
- p10
- $103,080
- p90
- $156,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.