State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In New Mexico, $137,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.8%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
New Mexico
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $137,520
- p25
- $124,740
- p75
- $160,950
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $175,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.