State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Oklahoma
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Oklahoma, $133,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
New Jersey vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-3.6%
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
Oklahoma
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $133,390
- p25
- $122,530
- p75
- $152,330
- p10
- $99,490
- p90
- $167,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.