State comparison · 2025
Respiratory Therapists salary: Kentucky vs New York
Respiratory Therapists in New York earn a median of $107,810. In Kentucky, $72,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Respiratory Therapists
- Median
- $72,750
- p25
- $63,110
- p75
- $79,730
- p10
- $58,330
- p90
- $92,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.