State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Tennessee, $117,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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
Tennessee
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $117,590
- p25
- $102,640
- p75
- $130,330
- p10
- $82,790
- p90
- $137,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.