State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Missouri, $99,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $99,310
- p25
- $80,910
- p75
- $109,880
- p10
- $76,110
- p90
- $124,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.