State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Physical Therapists in Alaska earn a median of $115,280. In Tennessee, $100,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.1%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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
Tennessee
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $100,140
- p25
- $80,930
- p75
- $111,140
- p10
- $67,280
- p90
- $127,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.