State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Ohio, $124,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.6%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
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
Ohio
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $124,870
- p25
- $106,670
- p75
- $134,750
- p10
- $100,780
- p90
- $154,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.