State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
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
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.