State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Texas vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Texas, $131,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.7%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,670
- p25
- $113,840
- p75
- $147,660
- p10
- $96,880
- p90
- $161,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.