State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In Pennsylvania, $101,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 13.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.7%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $101,380
- p25
- $82,320
- p75
- $116,650
- p10
- $76,960
- p90
- $127,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- 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.