State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Montana, $91,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.5%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $91,450
- p25
- $81,250
- p75
- $103,480
- p10
- $78,490
- p90
- $115,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.