State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Alabama, $97,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.2%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $97,290
- p25
- $81,850
- p75
- $115,210
- p10
- $74,770
- p90
- $133,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
New Jersey
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $112,140
- p25
- $96,730
- p75
- $129,780
- p10
- $84,640
- p90
- $140,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.