State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In West Virginia, $127,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $127,320
- p25
- $108,520
- p75
- $133,220
- p10
- $100,220
- p90
- $155,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.