State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Utah vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Utah, $130,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Utah vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,920
- p25
- $120,740
- p75
- $150,940
- p10
- $102,980
- p90
- $175,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.