State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
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
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.