State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Hawaii, $135,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.9%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,570
- p25
- $124,530
- p75
- $165,810
- p10
- $106,450
- p90
- $174,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.