State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Indiana, $128,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,830
- p25
- $111,310
- p75
- $135,990
- p10
- $101,790
- p90
- $155,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.