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State comparison · 2025

Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs New York

Occupation

Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In New York, $153,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 3.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+3.8%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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
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New York

Nurse Practitioners

Median
$153,510
p25
$132,490
p75
$170,290
p10
$112,730
p90
$198,060
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
See full breakdown for New York

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.