State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Wisconsin, $131,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
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
Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $131,980
- p25
- $123,410
- p75
- $147,970
- p10
- $106,320
- p90
- $166,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.