State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: New Jersey vs Wyoming
Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey earn a median of $159,310. In Wyoming, $132,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
New Jersey vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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
Wyoming
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $132,200
- p25
- $116,430
- p75
- $143,420
- p10
- $101,970
- p90
- $165,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.