State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In Missouri, $99,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.1%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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
Missouri
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $99,310
- p25
- $80,910
- p75
- $109,880
- p10
- $76,110
- p90
- $124,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.