State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In South Carolina, $123,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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
South Carolina
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $123,290
- p25
- $107,930
- p75
- $132,220
- p10
- $97,080
- p90
- $160,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.