State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Connecticut, $138,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.1%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $138,470
- p25
- $124,870
- p75
- $160,700
- p10
- $109,930
- p90
- $173,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.