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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: Washington vs Wyoming

Occupation

Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Wyoming, $132,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 18.1%.

Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
Washington vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
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%
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Wyoming

Nurse Practitioners

Median
$132,200
p25
$116,430
p75
$143,420
p10
$101,970
p90
$165,250
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
92.7
See full breakdown for Wyoming

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.