State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Wisconsin, $131,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+4%
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%
Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,980
- p25
- $123,410
- p75
- $147,970
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $166,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.