State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Connecticut, $104,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.9%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $104,360
- p25
- $96,560
- p75
- $113,360
- p10
- $82,110
- p90
- $127,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -18%
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.