State comparison · 2025
Physical Therapists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Physical Therapists in New Jersey earn a median of $112,140. In Pennsylvania, $101,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.6%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Physical Therapists
- Median
- $101,380
- p25
- $82,320
- p75
- $116,650
- p10
- $76,960
- p90
- $127,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.