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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey

Occupation

Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Kentucky, $122,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 22.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kentucky

Nurse Practitioners

Median
$122,870
p25
$106,240
p75
$132,720
p10
$95,710
p90
$162,960
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.2
See full breakdown for Kentucky

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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.