State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Alabama, $105,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.6%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $105,750
- p25
- $97,960
- p75
- $123,970
- p10
- $86,300
- p90
- $134,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $159,310
- p25
- $136,740
- p75
- $170,530
- p10
- $122,390
- p90
- $183,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.