State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Kentucky, $100,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 10.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.2%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $100,710
- p25
- $80,990
- p75
- $114,820
- p10
- $73,900
- p90
- $126,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.