State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
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
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.