State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Montana, $137,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.9%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,210
- p25
- $123,260
- p75
- $151,860
- p10
- $105,110
- p90
- $166,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.