State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Louisiana, $98,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $98,530
- p25
- $77,740
- p75
- $109,650
- p10
- $60,150
- p90
- $127,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.