State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Illinois, $130,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,680
- p25
- $113,320
- p75
- $142,000
- p10
- $102,440
- p90
- $161,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.