State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Idaho, $132,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.8%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,540
- p25
- $123,920
- p75
- $151,600
- p10
- $100,480
- p90
- $169,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.