State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In North Dakota, $130,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
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 Dakota
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,070
- p25
- $107,290
- p75
- $135,620
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $162,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.