State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Delaware, $131,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.7%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,040
- p25
- $112,020
- p75
- $153,050
- p10
- $97,450
- p90
- $162,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.