State comparison · 2025
Respiratory Therapists salary: Delaware vs New York
Respiratory Therapists in New York earn a median of $107,810. In Delaware, $91,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Respiratory Therapists
- Median
- $91,080
- p25
- $82,880
- p75
- $97,000
- p10
- $79,210
- p90
- $109,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New York
Respiratory Therapists
- Median
- $107,810
- p25
- $95,690
- p75
- $126,880
- p10
- $81,270
- p90
- $131,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.