Physical Therapists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,767
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$29,373
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,015
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$112,140
Kept after tax
$82,767
Worth in national money
$76,015
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for physical therapists. The middle earner takes $112,140, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.13% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations New Jersey reports, physical therapists comes in at 75 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $112,140 the take-home is $82,767; in national-average money that behaves like $76,015. The average comes to $114,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for physical therapists, at $112,140 — about 9.13% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Physical therapists ranks 75 of 490 occupations by median in New Jersey, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for physical therapists in New Jersey, on $112,140, is $82,767; deflated by the state's price level, $76,015. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $114,550 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,040 |
| This salary | $112,140 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New Jersey | $82,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,720 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,256 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $105,099 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,692 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of physical therapists in New Jersey earn under $112,140 and half over. The published range runs $84,640 at the tenth percentile to $140,040 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $82,767, worked from $112,140. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 75 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,015 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 75.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapists in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,640 to $140,040; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New Jersey take-home of $82,767, on $112,140 for work ranking 75 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 75 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,015, worked from $112,140, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 75 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $84,640 at the tenth percentile, $140,040 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $76,015 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $82,767 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,640 to $140,040) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $76,015 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $82,767 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.