State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Nebraska, $97,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.4%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $97,090
- p25
- $80,540
- p75
- $107,490
- p10
- $77,540
- p90
- $120,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.