State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Rhode Island, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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
Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $131,310
- p75
- $163,450
- p10
- $111,420
- p90
- $176,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.