State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Massachusetts, $103,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.4%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $103,790
- p25
- $94,750
- p75
- $121,710
- p10
- $82,760
- p90
- $130,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.