State comparison · 2025
Registered Nurses salary: New Jersey vs New York
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%
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%
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.