State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In North Carolina, $99,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.4%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
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
North Carolina
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $99,910
- p25
- $84,080
- p75
- $110,330
- p10
- $78,020
- p90
- $125,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.