State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Arizona, $134,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.6%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $134,420
- p25
- $126,880
- p75
- $159,780
- p10
- $104,400
- p90
- $173,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.