State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Pennsylvania, $130,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.4%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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
Pennsylvania
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,140
- p25
- $110,960
- p75
- $142,720
- p10
- $102,940
- p90
- $163,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.