State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Maine, $130,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,260
- p25
- $120,830
- p75
- $141,440
- p10
- $107,820
- p90
- $166,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.