State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Alaska, $155,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 2.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.6%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $155,170
- p25
- $126,080
- p75
- $172,000
- p10
- $95,570
- p90
- $207,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.