State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In West Virginia, $127,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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
West Virginia
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $127,320
- p25
- $108,520
- p75
- $133,220
- p10
- $100,220
- p90
- $155,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.