State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Illinois, $105,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $105,250
- p25
- $95,940
- p75
- $122,920
- p10
- $83,000
- p90
- $140,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.