State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Michigan, $131,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,450
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $140,850
- p10
- $101,640
- p90
- $165,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.