State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Colorado, $132,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,930
- p25
- $118,410
- p75
- $150,990
- p10
- $87,770
- p90
- $170,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.