State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In North Carolina, $128,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+7%
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
North Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $128,990
- p25
- $114,260
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $103,530
- p90
- $164,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.