State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Georgia, $102,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.4%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $102,700
- p25
- $83,770
- p75
- $120,610
- p10
- $78,580
- p90
- $130,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.