State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: Texas vs Washington
Registered Nurses in Washington earn a median of $124,200. In Texas, $95,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $95,970
- p25
- $79,170
- p75
- $105,100
- p10
- $67,120
- p90
- $127,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
Washington
Registered Nurses
- Median
- $124,200
- p25
- $103,100
- p75
- $134,240
- p10
- $89,630
- p90
- $161,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.