State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Iowa, $130,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,160
- p25
- $122,720
- p75
- $141,940
- p10
- $107,990
- p90
- $167,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.