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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey

Occupation

Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Arkansas, $125,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 21.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Arkansas

Nurse Practitioners

Median
$125,660
p25
$105,450
p75
$137,550
p10
$99,420
p90
$205,810
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
86.9
See full breakdown for Arkansas

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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.