State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Florida vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Florida, $129,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Florida vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $129,510
- p25
- $112,380
- p75
- $137,610
- p10
- $101,920
- p90
- $163,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.