State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Georgia, $129,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $129,430
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $141,240
- p10
- $99,160
- p90
- $166,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.