State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Nebraska, $132,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,130
- p25
- $118,440
- p75
- $140,900
- p10
- $103,820
- p90
- $161,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.