Physical Therapist Assistants Salary

Median Salary
$68,380
per year
Hourly Rate
$32.88
per hour
Employment
112,430
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$47,750
25th percentile
$59,820
Median
$68,380
75th percentile
$78,680
90th percentile
$89,510

💰 Physical Therapist Assistants Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
California$83,110+21.5%
Massachusetts$79,460+16.2%
New Jersey$78,440+14.7%
Texas$78,000+14.1%
Maryland$77,670+13.6%
Alaska$77,640+13.5%
Connecticut$75,880+11.0%
Nevada$75,520+10.4%
Delaware$74,610+9.1%
Virginia$73,760+7.9%
Oregon$73,180+7.0%
Georgia$72,800+6.5%
Florida$72,530+6.1%
Vermont$71,600+4.7%
New Hampshire$71,440+4.5%
South Carolina$70,500+3.1%
Rhode Island$68,640+0.4%
North Carolina$67,540-1.2%
Hawaii$67,510-1.3%
Minnesota$66,770-2.4%
Washington$66,450-2.8%
Maine$66,250-3.1%
Louisiana$65,370-4.4%
Indiana$65,280-4.5%
Illinois$65,240-4.6%
Colorado$64,810-5.2%
Arizona$64,650-5.5%
Arkansas$64,520-5.6%
Kansas$64,500-5.7%
New York$64,100-6.3%
Wisconsin$64,080-6.3%
Ohio$63,820-6.7%
Missouri$63,770-6.7%
Wyoming$63,550-7.1%
North Dakota$63,520-7.1%
District of Columbia$63,400-7.3%
Montana$62,650-8.4%
Pennsylvania$62,580-8.5%
Tennessee$62,500-8.6%
New Mexico$62,280-8.9%
Utah$61,980-9.4%
Mississippi$61,770-9.7%
Michigan$61,670-9.8%
Kentucky$61,480-10.1%
Alabama$61,430-10.2%
Nebraska$61,370-10.3%
Iowa$61,030-10.7%
Idaho$61,020-10.8%
West Virginia$60,430-11.6%
Oklahoma$59,480-13.0%
South Dakota$49,310-27.9%

🏙️ Physical Therapist Assistants Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$97,190+42.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$95,920+40.3%
Spartanburg, SC$88,070+28.8%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$87,330+27.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$87,300+27.7%
Vallejo, CA$86,630+26.7%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$85,150+24.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$84,930+24.2%
Salinas, CA$84,850+24.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$84,290+23.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$84,100+23.0%
Modesto, CA$83,450+22.0%
Midland, TX$82,620+20.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$82,160+20.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$82,140+20.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$81,310+18.9%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$80,430+17.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$80,370+17.5%
Barnstable Town, MA$79,790+16.7%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$79,590+16.4%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,480+16.2%
Visalia, CA$79,440+16.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$79,250+15.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$79,210+15.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$78,990+15.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$78,790+15.2%
Wichita Falls, TX$78,310+14.5%
San Angelo, TX$78,200+14.4%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$77,830+13.8%
Redding, CA$77,740+13.7%
Anchorage, AK$77,570+13.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$77,280+13.0%
Reno, NV$77,200+12.9%
Fresno, CA$77,000+12.6%
Worcester, MA$76,900+12.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$76,830+12.4%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$76,690+12.2%
Longview, TX$76,680+12.1%
Chico, CA$76,580+12.0%
Lexington Park, MD$76,530+11.9%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$76,380+11.7%
Medford, OR$76,340+11.6%
Waco, TX$76,340+11.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$76,190+11.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$76,140+11.3%
New Haven, CT$76,140+11.3%
Abilene, TX$76,090+11.3%
Burlington, NC$76,010+11.2%
Florence, SC$75,920+11.0%
Wilmington, NC$75,820+10.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX$75,800+10.9%
Tyler, TX$75,670+10.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$75,620+10.6%
Dover, DE$75,580+10.5%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$75,570+10.5%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$75,520+10.4%
Lynchburg, VA$75,420+10.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$75,420+10.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75,410+10.3%
Salisbury, MD$75,370+10.2%
College Station-Bryan, TX$74,980+9.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$74,730+9.3%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$74,690+9.2%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$74,510+9.0%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$74,250+8.6%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$74,140+8.4%
Yakima, WA$74,100+8.4%
Charlottesville, VA$74,010+8.2%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$73,980+8.2%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$73,970+8.2%
Springfield, MA$73,930+8.1%
Corpus Christi, TX$73,920+8.1%
Flagstaff, AZ$73,710+7.8%
Richmond, VA$73,640+7.7%
Rochester, MN$73,580+7.6%
Yuba City, CA$73,580+7.6%
Winchester, VA-WV$73,570+7.6%
Texarkana, TX-AR$73,560+7.6%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$73,440+7.4%
Sebring, FL$73,410+7.4%
Victoria, TX$73,310+7.2%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$73,300+7.2%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$73,100+6.9%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$73,020+6.8%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$73,000+6.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$72,980+6.7%
Amarillo, TX$72,750+6.4%
Lubbock, TX$72,740+6.4%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$72,600+6.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$72,530+6.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$72,520+6.1%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$72,500+6.0%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$72,230+5.6%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$72,150+5.5%
Rome, GA$71,680+4.8%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$71,540+4.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$71,540+4.6%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$71,440+4.5%
El Paso, TX$71,140+4.0%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$71,110+4.0%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$71,100+4.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$70,720+3.4%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$70,480+3.1%
Odessa, TX$70,470+3.1%
Santa Fe, NM$70,200+2.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$70,170+2.6%
Pittsfield, MA$70,140+2.6%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$69,900+2.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$69,790+2.1%
Reading, PA$69,530+1.7%
Columbus, OH$69,480+1.6%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$69,380+1.5%
Goldsboro, NC$69,150+1.1%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$69,140+1.1%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$69,050+1.0%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$68,700+0.5%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$68,520+0.2%
Valdosta, GA$68,470+0.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$68,330-0.1%
Gainesville, FL$68,230-0.2%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$68,190-0.3%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$68,070-0.5%
Homosassa Springs, FL$68,030-0.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$67,890-0.7%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$67,720-1.0%
Jacksonville, FL$67,460-1.3%
Chambersburg, PA$67,190-1.7%
Portland-South Portland, ME$67,140-1.8%
Roanoke, VA$67,140-1.8%
Salem, OR$67,090-1.9%
Punta Gorda, FL$66,820-2.3%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$66,810-2.3%
Terre Haute, IN$66,760-2.4%
Dalton, GA$66,650-2.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$66,550-2.7%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$66,540-2.7%
Baton Rouge, LA$66,510-2.7%
Urban Honolulu, HI$66,500-2.7%
Bellingham, WA$66,450-2.8%
Springfield, IL$66,390-2.9%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$66,320-3.0%
Battle Creek, MI$66,310-3.0%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$66,300-3.0%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$66,090-3.3%
Port St. Lucie, FL$66,080-3.4%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$65,980-3.5%
Pueblo, CO$65,970-3.5%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$65,910-3.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$65,820-3.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$65,650-4.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$65,630-4.0%
Colorado Springs, CO$65,620-4.0%
Kansas City, MO-KS$65,580-4.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$65,510-4.2%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$65,480-4.2%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$65,450-4.3%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$65,320-4.5%
Wheeling, WV-OH$65,280-4.5%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$65,220-4.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$65,220-4.6%
Tucson, AZ$65,220-4.6%
Decatur, IL$65,210-4.6%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$65,170-4.7%
Grand Junction, CO$65,140-4.7%
Tallahassee, FL$65,110-4.8%
Gadsden, AL$65,060-4.9%
Gainesville, GA$65,040-4.9%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$64,990-5.0%
Kankakee, IL$64,960-5.0%
Kenosha, WI$64,940-5.0%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$64,930-5.0%
Duluth, MN-WI$64,900-5.1%
Springfield, OH$64,860-5.1%
Cleveland, OH$64,800-5.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$64,740-5.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$64,720-5.4%
Lawton, OK$64,660-5.4%
Winston-Salem, NC$64,660-5.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$64,610-5.5%
Ocala, FL$64,580-5.6%
Lake Charles, LA$64,550-5.6%
Fayetteville, NC$64,520-5.6%
Laredo, TX$64,500-5.7%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$64,380-5.8%
Cleveland, TN$64,290-6.0%
Johnson City, TN$64,270-6.0%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$64,270-6.0%
Monroe, LA$64,250-6.0%
Topeka, KS$64,250-6.0%
Appleton, WI$64,240-6.1%
St. Cloud, MN$64,120-6.2%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$64,110-6.2%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$64,050-6.3%
Rockford, IL$64,040-6.3%
Tuscaloosa, AL$64,040-6.3%
Morristown, TN$63,940-6.5%
Greenville, NC$63,900-6.6%
Asheville, NC$63,860-6.6%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$63,860-6.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$63,820-6.7%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$63,800-6.7%
Savannah, GA$63,600-7.0%
Green Bay, WI$63,590-7.0%
Columbia, MO$63,540-7.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$63,470-7.2%
Toledo, OH$63,450-7.2%
Madison, WI$63,380-7.3%
Hot Springs, AR$63,280-7.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$63,210-7.6%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$63,180-7.6%
Logan, UT-ID$63,120-7.7%
Akron, OH$63,050-7.8%
Charleston, WV$63,020-7.8%
Cheyenne, WY$63,010-7.9%
Columbia, SC$62,920-8.0%
Wichita, KS$62,900-8.0%
Billings, MT$62,870-8.1%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$62,860-8.1%
Owensboro, KY$62,860-8.1%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$62,850-8.1%
Decatur, AL$62,810-8.1%
Bowling Green, KY$62,740-8.2%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$62,730-8.3%
Jonesboro, AR$62,700-8.3%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$62,670-8.4%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$62,620-8.4%
Alexandria, LA$62,530-8.6%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$62,510-8.6%
Bend, OR$62,490-8.6%
Columbus, GA-AL$62,410-8.7%
Warner Robins, GA$62,400-8.7%
York-Hanover, PA$62,400-8.7%
Birmingham, AL$62,380-8.8%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$62,360-8.8%
Fort Wayne, IN$62,360-8.8%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$62,350-8.8%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$62,330-8.8%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$62,270-8.9%
Twin Falls, ID$62,270-8.9%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$62,220-9.0%
Casper, WY$62,110-9.2%
Jackson, MS$62,100-9.2%
Ames, IA$62,040-9.3%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$62,030-9.3%
Lancaster, PA$61,950-9.4%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$61,910-9.5%
Great Falls, MT$61,900-9.5%
Evansville, IN$61,860-9.5%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$61,830-9.6%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$61,820-9.6%
Jacksonville, NC$61,780-9.7%
Glens Falls, NY$61,740-9.7%
Altoona, PA$61,670-9.8%
Yuma, AZ$61,610-9.9%
Hammond, LA$61,590-9.9%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$61,560-10.0%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$61,560-10.0%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$61,510-10.0%
Bloomington, IN$61,460-10.1%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$61,430-10.2%
Mobile, AL$61,430-10.2%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$61,420-10.2%
Springfield, MO$61,420-10.2%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$61,360-10.3%
Boise City, ID$61,350-10.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$61,320-10.3%
Traverse City, MI$61,290-10.4%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$61,270-10.4%
Jefferson City, MO$61,250-10.4%
Las Cruces, NM$61,220-10.5%
Ann Arbor, MI$61,200-10.5%
Columbus, IN$61,140-10.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,130-10.6%
Peoria, IL$61,120-10.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$61,110-10.6%
Bangor, ME$61,090-10.7%
Syracuse, NY$61,010-10.8%
Jackson, MI$60,990-10.8%
Jackson, TN$60,980-10.8%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$60,970-10.8%
Mansfield, OH$60,940-10.9%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$60,940-10.9%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$60,930-10.9%
Montgomery, AL$60,910-10.9%
Grand Island, NE$60,880-11.0%
Ogden, UT$60,880-11.0%
Huntsville, AL$60,870-11.0%
Lafayette, LA$60,760-11.1%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,740-11.2%
Sandusky, OH$60,610-11.4%
Elizabethtown, KY$60,560-11.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$60,530-11.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$60,520-11.5%
Williamsport, PA$60,480-11.6%
Lima, OH$60,420-11.6%
St. George, UT$60,350-11.7%
Binghamton, NY$60,280-11.8%
Knoxville, TN$60,280-11.8%
Wausau, WI$60,250-11.9%
Eau Claire, WI$60,210-11.9%
Manhattan, KS$60,210-11.9%
Lebanon, PA$60,180-12.0%
Saginaw, MI$60,050-12.2%
Utica-Rome, NY$59,970-12.3%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$59,930-12.4%
Morgantown, WV$59,920-12.4%
Tulsa, OK$59,910-12.4%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$59,830-12.5%
Greeley, CO$59,780-12.6%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$59,700-12.7%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$59,640-12.8%
Albuquerque, NM$59,620-12.8%
Bloomington, IL$59,590-12.9%
Beckley, WV$59,400-13.1%
Boulder, CO$59,250-13.4%
Flint, MI$59,210-13.4%
Rochester, NY$59,190-13.4%
Clarksville, TN-KY$59,160-13.5%
Erie, PA$59,120-13.5%
Bay City, MI$58,970-13.8%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$58,950-13.8%
Oklahoma City, OK$58,850-13.9%
State College, PA$58,780-14.0%
Paducah, KY-IL$58,720-14.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$58,690-14.2%
Lincoln, NE$58,650-14.2%
Hattiesburg, MS$58,610-14.3%
Joplin, MO-KS$58,240-14.8%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$58,190-14.9%
Cedar Rapids, IA$58,180-14.9%
Iowa City, IA$58,140-15.0%
Johnstown, PA$58,080-15.1%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$58,070-15.1%
Muncie, IN$57,940-15.3%
Pocatello, ID$57,870-15.4%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$57,790-15.5%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$56,630-17.2%
Dothan, AL$56,150-17.9%
Pittsburgh, PA$56,020-18.1%
Farmington, NM$54,100-20.9%
Dubuque, IA$51,640-24.5%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$51,000-25.4%
Rapid City, SD$50,010-26.9%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$49,080-28.2%
Mayaguez, PR$30,950-54.7%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$30,330-55.6%
Puerto Rico$29,710-56.6%
Aguadilla, PR$29,120-57.4%
Ponce, PR$28,350-58.5%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.