State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Texas, $131,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+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
Texas
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,670
- p25
- $113,840
- p75
- $147,660
- p10
- $96,880
- p90
- $161,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.