State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Missouri, $129,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $129,930
- p25
- $119,910
- p75
- $144,640
- p10
- $100,650
- p90
- $162,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.