State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In New Jersey, $112,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 2.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.8%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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
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.