State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In Colorado, $102,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $115,280
- p25
- $101,500
- p75
- $129,760
- p10
- $97,950
- p90
- $133,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Colorado
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $102,030
- p25
- $83,320
- p75
- $118,980
- p10
- $76,460
- p90
- $132,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +167%
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.