State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Virginia, $127,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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
Virginia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $127,810
- p25
- $109,180
- p75
- $139,500
- p10
- $99,990
- p90
- $161,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.