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Physical therapists: pay by state and city

What physical therapists — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$102,760
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
29-1123 Physical therapists
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$105,280
Jobs in the survey267,330
Most jobsCalifornia26,580 jobs · median $124,190

Pay where you want to work

Pick a state or search a metro area. The bar shows the spread from the lowest-paid 10% to the top 10% in that place.

United States

Physical therapists · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
29-1123 Physical therapists
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$77,140
25th percentile
$86,160
Median
$102,760
75th percentile
$121,160
Top 10% above
$135,140
Middle half of workersMedianMean $105,280Jobs 267,330

BLS publishes this occupation for 52 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 523 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. California26,580 jobs$124,190
  2. Texas21,870 jobs$105,810
  3. New York20,940 jobs$100,660
  4. Florida16,290 jobs$101,040
  5. Pennsylvania11,710 jobs$101,380

Highest-paying states

  1. California26,580 jobs$124,190
  2. Alaska680 jobs$115,280
  3. New Jersey9,750 jobs$112,140
  4. Nevada2,030 jobs$111,250
  5. Maryland3,940 jobs$106,890

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ21,240 jobs$107,650
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA9,750 jobs$108,170
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN7,880 jobs$105,720
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,250 jobs$105,790
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX6,100 jobs$107,780

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,140 jobs$141,980
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,460 jobs$139,000
  3. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA1,610 jobs$131,430
  4. Fresno, CA620 jobs$123,820
  5. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA2,240 jobs$120,110
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Physical therapists —$102,760——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · physical therapists

  • Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists$97,160
  • Hospitals; state, local, and private$106,800
  • Home healthcare services$114,740
  • Nursing and residential care facilities$110,460
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)