State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Louisiana, $125,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $125,600
- p25
- $109,850
- p75
- $135,610
- p10
- $99,050
- p90
- $159,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.