State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In Kentucky, $100,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
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
Kentucky
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $100,710
- p25
- $80,990
- p75
- $114,820
- p10
- $73,900
- p90
- $126,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.