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State comparison · 2025

Registered Nurses salary: New Jersey vs New York

Occupation

Registered Nurses in New York earn a median of $109,440. In New Jersey, $106,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 2.7%.

Nominal pay gap
-2.7%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

New Jersey

Registered Nurses

Median
$106,500
p25
$99,710
p75
$127,730
p10
$83,060
p90
$135,170
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
108.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-86%
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New York

Registered Nurses

Median
$109,440
p25
$94,840
p75
$129,660
p10
$79,760
p90
$157,090
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-54%
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.