State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Massachusetts, $142,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.6%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $142,440
- p25
- $132,460
- p75
- $168,100
- p10
- $111,950
- p90
- $207,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.