Nurse Practitioners in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$112,196
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$47,114
29.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,043
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$159,310
Kept after tax
$112,196
Worth in national money
$103,043
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays nurse practitioners a middle wage of $159,310, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 20.42% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations New Jersey reports, nurse practitioners comes in at 25 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $159,310 the take-home is $112,196; in national-average money that behaves like $103,043. The average lands at $155,750, below the middle of the range.
- New Jersey's median for nurse practitioners is $159,310, about 20.42% above the national figure and 2 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Nurse practitioners ranks 25 of 490 occupations by median in New Jersey, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for nurse practitioners in New Jersey, on $159,310, is $112,196; deflated by the state's price level, $103,043. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $155,750 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $122,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $159,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $183,420 |
| This salary | $159,310 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Jersey | $112,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $120,154 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$20,604 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $147,667 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$29,294 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $159,310. The published range is $122,390 up to $183,420, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $112,196, worked from $159,310. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 25 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $103,043, the adjusted value of that $159,310 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 25 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for nurse practitioners in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $122,390 to $183,420. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Jersey take-home of $112,196, on $159,310 for work ranking 25 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 25 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $103,043 — the adjusted value of that $159,310 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 25 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $122,390 and the top tenth $183,420, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $103,043 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $112,196 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($122,390 to $183,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $103,043 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $112,196 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.