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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey

Occupation

Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Minnesota, $133,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 16.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-16.4%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Minnesota

Nurse Practitioners

Median
$133,260
p25
$111,750
p75
$155,260
p10
$98,950
p90
$170,140
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
98.6
See full breakdown for Minnesota

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.