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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey

Occupation

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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.