State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Mississippi, $124,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $124,730
- p25
- $106,660
- p75
- $134,020
- p10
- $98,780
- p90
- $156,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.