Physical Therapists Salary

Also known as: PT, Physiotherapist

Median Salary
$102,760
per year
Hourly Rate
$49.40
per hour
Employment
267,330
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$77,140
25th percentile
$86,160
Median
$102,760
75th percentile
$121,160
90th percentile
$135,140

💰 Physical Therapists Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
California$124,190+20.9%
Alaska$115,280+12.2%
New Jersey$112,140+9.1%
Nevada$111,250+8.3%
Maryland$106,890+4.0%
New Mexico$106,880+4.0%
Washington$105,950+3.1%
Texas$105,810+3.0%
Illinois$105,250+2.4%
Connecticut$104,360+1.6%
Massachusetts$103,790+1.0%
Oregon$103,510+0.7%
Arizona$103,220+0.4%
Ohio$103,050+0.3%
Georgia$102,700-0.1%
Delaware$102,050-0.7%
Colorado$102,030-0.7%
Minnesota$102,010-0.7%
Wisconsin$101,840-0.9%
Hawaii$101,700-1.0%
District of Columbia$101,640-1.1%
Indiana$101,560-1.2%
Virginia$101,450-1.3%
Pennsylvania$101,380-1.3%
South Carolina$101,330-1.4%
Florida$101,040-1.7%
Michigan$100,900-1.8%
Kentucky$100,710-2.0%
New York$100,660-2.0%
Wyoming$100,400-2.3%
Tennessee$100,140-2.5%
Mississippi$99,990-2.7%
North Carolina$99,910-2.8%
Utah$99,880-2.8%
New Hampshire$99,850-2.8%
Maine$99,720-3.0%
Rhode Island$99,400-3.3%
Missouri$99,310-3.4%
Arkansas$99,010-3.6%
Idaho$99,000-3.7%
Oklahoma$98,590-4.1%
Louisiana$98,530-4.1%
Kansas$98,290-4.3%
Vermont$97,970-4.7%
Iowa$97,560-5.1%
Alabama$97,290-5.3%
Nebraska$97,090-5.5%
West Virginia$96,600-6.0%
South Dakota$92,660-9.8%
Montana$91,450-11.0%
North Dakota$85,330-17.0%

🏙️ Physical Therapists Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$141,980+38.2%
Vallejo, CA$141,530+37.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$140,100+36.3%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$139,000+35.3%
Napa, CA$138,540+34.8%
Chico, CA$134,970+31.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$131,430+27.9%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$128,680+25.2%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$127,460+24.0%
Salinas, CA$127,120+23.7%
Modesto, CA$126,600+23.2%
Merced, CA$126,000+22.6%
Decatur, IL$125,600+22.2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$125,490+22.1%
Santa Fe, NM$124,870+21.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$124,790+21.4%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$124,260+20.9%
Fresno, CA$123,820+20.5%
Carson City, NV$120,810+17.6%
Las Cruces, NM$120,350+17.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$120,110+16.9%
Midland, TX$118,450+15.3%
El Centro, CA$116,950+13.8%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$116,770+13.6%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$116,480+13.4%
Springfield, IL$115,990+12.9%
Walla Walla, WA$115,740+12.6%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$114,980+11.9%
Longview, TX$113,980+10.9%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$113,850+10.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$113,700+10.6%
Fairbanks-College, AK$113,570+10.5%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$113,510+10.5%
Enid, OK$113,190+10.1%
Anchorage, AK$112,590+9.6%
Spartanburg, SC$111,860+8.9%
Lexington Park, MD$111,780+8.8%
Sherman-Denison, TX$110,750+7.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$110,620+7.6%
Amarillo, TX$109,800+6.9%
Dalton, GA$109,710+6.8%
Odessa, TX$109,690+6.7%
Albany, OR$108,720+5.8%
Tyler, TX$108,380+5.5%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$108,280+5.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$108,170+5.3%
Florence, SC$108,160+5.3%
Barnstable Town, MA$108,110+5.2%
Redding, CA$107,980+5.1%
Longview-Kelso, WA$107,810+4.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$107,780+4.9%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$107,700+4.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$107,650+4.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$107,350+4.5%
Salisbury, MD$107,290+4.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$107,290+4.4%
Ann Arbor, MI$106,980+4.1%
Reno, NV$106,840+4.0%
Gadsden, AL$106,720+3.9%
Yuba City, CA$106,600+3.7%
Grants Pass, OR$106,550+3.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL$106,450+3.6%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$106,250+3.4%
Corpus Christi, TX$106,080+3.2%
Niles, MI$106,020+3.2%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$106,010+3.2%
Yakima, WA$105,950+3.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$105,810+3.0%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$105,790+2.9%
Pittsfield, MA$105,750+2.9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$105,720+2.9%
Texarkana, TX-AR$105,580+2.7%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$105,440+2.6%
Vineland, NJ$105,360+2.5%
Williamsport, PA$105,340+2.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$105,240+2.4%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$105,230+2.4%
Visalia, CA$105,210+2.4%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$105,160+2.3%
Columbus, OH$105,130+2.3%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$105,050+2.2%
Springfield, OH$104,870+2.1%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$104,750+1.9%
Toledo, OH$104,750+1.9%
College Station-Bryan, TX$104,580+1.8%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$104,500+1.7%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$104,500+1.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$104,350+1.5%
Elizabethtown, KY$104,280+1.5%
Sheboygan, WI$104,110+1.3%
Cleveland, OH$104,030+1.2%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$104,020+1.2%
Jackson, MI$104,000+1.2%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$104,000+1.2%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$103,980+1.2%
Battle Creek, MI$103,920+1.1%
Gettysburg, PA$103,890+1.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$103,840+1.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$103,810+1.0%
Worcester, MA$103,790+1.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$103,770+1.0%
Charleston, WV$103,760+1.0%
Saginaw, MI$103,760+1.0%
Rome, GA$103,710+0.9%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$103,630+0.8%
Springfield, MA$103,570+0.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$103,550+0.8%
Albuquerque, NM$103,510+0.7%
Homosassa Springs, FL$103,510+0.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$103,440+0.7%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$103,440+0.7%
Alexandria, LA$103,380+0.6%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$103,380+0.6%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$103,330+0.6%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$103,330+0.6%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$103,260+0.5%
Lancaster, PA$103,240+0.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$103,220+0.4%
San Angelo, TX$103,070+0.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$103,030+0.3%
Rocky Mount, NC$103,030+0.3%
Jackson, MS$103,000+0.2%
New Haven, CT$103,000+0.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$102,980+0.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$102,970+0.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$102,960+0.2%
Reading, PA$102,950+0.2%
Abilene, TX$102,920+0.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$102,890+0.1%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$102,880+0.1%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$102,840+0.1%
Portland-South Portland, ME$102,820+0.1%
Madison, WI$102,810+0.0%
Bloomington, IN$102,750-0.0%
Akron, OH$102,700-0.1%
Richmond, VA$102,700-0.1%
Winchester, VA-WV$102,670-0.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$102,590-0.2%
Victoria, TX$102,520-0.2%
Monroe, MI$102,510-0.2%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$102,480-0.3%
Lynchburg, VA$102,450-0.3%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$102,450-0.3%
Boulder, CO$102,430-0.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$102,430-0.3%
Tucson, AZ$102,420-0.3%
Charlottesville, VA$102,400-0.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$102,340-0.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$102,260-0.5%
Sandusky, OH$102,210-0.5%
El Paso, TX$102,190-0.6%
York-Hanover, PA$102,170-0.6%
Grand Junction, CO$102,160-0.6%
Lebanon, PA$102,020-0.7%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$101,980-0.8%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$101,950-0.8%
Appleton, WI$101,920-0.8%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$101,870-0.9%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$101,870-0.9%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$101,860-0.9%
Cheyenne, WY$101,760-1.0%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$101,750-1.0%
Muncie, IN$101,710-1.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$101,700-1.0%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$101,650-1.1%
Traverse City, MI$101,640-1.1%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$101,570-1.2%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$101,550-1.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$101,530-1.2%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$101,430-1.3%
Rockford, IL$101,340-1.4%
Lubbock, TX$101,310-1.4%
Ithaca, NY$101,290-1.4%
Kansas City, MO-KS$101,270-1.4%
Winston-Salem, NC$101,270-1.4%
Mankato, MN$101,260-1.5%
Burlington, NC$101,120-1.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$101,060-1.7%
Punta Gorda, FL$101,030-1.7%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$101,020-1.7%
Savannah, GA$100,920-1.8%
Wheeling, WV-OH$100,920-1.8%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$100,890-1.8%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$100,890-1.8%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$100,870-1.8%
Tulsa, OK$100,840-1.9%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$100,840-1.9%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$100,830-1.9%
Harrisonburg, VA$100,820-1.9%
Flagstaff, AZ$100,690-2.0%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$100,620-2.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL$100,600-2.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$100,530-2.2%
Sumter, SC$100,520-2.2%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$100,420-2.3%
Waco, TX$100,390-2.3%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$100,380-2.3%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$100,310-2.4%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$100,290-2.4%
Chambersburg, PA$100,260-2.4%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$100,240-2.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$100,230-2.5%
Greeley, CO$100,170-2.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$100,160-2.5%
Jacksonville, FL$100,150-2.5%
Joplin, MO-KS$100,150-2.5%
Rochester, MN$100,140-2.5%
Fond du Lac, WI$100,130-2.6%
Boise City, ID$100,120-2.6%
Fayetteville, NC$100,120-2.6%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$100,050-2.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$100,040-2.6%
Jonesboro, AR$100,010-2.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$100,000-2.7%
Canton-Massillon, OH$99,980-2.7%
Salem, OR$99,970-2.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$99,940-2.7%
Wausau, WI$99,910-2.8%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$99,900-2.8%
Green Bay, WI$99,850-2.8%
Columbia, SC$99,840-2.8%
Dubuque, IA$99,840-2.8%
Bend, OR$99,800-2.9%
Lincoln, NE$99,780-2.9%
Kankakee, IL$99,770-2.9%
Huntsville, AL$99,760-2.9%
Oklahoma City, OK$99,730-2.9%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$99,710-3.0%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$99,690-3.0%
Binghamton, NY$99,670-3.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$99,630-3.0%
Lawrence, KS$99,620-3.1%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$99,610-3.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$99,520-3.2%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$99,500-3.2%
Asheville, NC$99,480-3.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$99,410-3.3%
St. George, UT$99,340-3.3%
Paducah, KY-IL$99,330-3.3%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$99,320-3.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$99,310-3.4%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$99,310-3.4%
Pueblo, CO$99,250-3.4%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$99,230-3.4%
Ogden, UT$99,170-3.5%
Kenosha, WI$99,160-3.5%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$99,120-3.5%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$99,100-3.6%
Laredo, TX$99,000-3.7%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$98,990-3.7%
State College, PA$98,970-3.7%
Hammond, LA$98,930-3.7%
Baton Rouge, LA$98,920-3.7%
Casper, WY$98,880-3.8%
Corvallis, OR$98,870-3.8%
Peoria, IL$98,860-3.8%
Yuma, AZ$98,790-3.9%
Roanoke, VA$98,770-3.9%
Wilmington, NC$98,770-3.9%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$98,740-3.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$98,730-3.9%
Gainesville, FL$98,700-4.0%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$98,690-4.0%
St. Cloud, MN$98,660-4.0%
Eau Claire, WI$98,610-4.0%
Lawton, OK$98,590-4.1%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$98,520-4.1%
Medford, OR$98,500-4.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$98,450-4.2%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$98,420-4.2%
Sebring, FL$98,370-4.3%
Kokomo, IN$98,350-4.3%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$98,340-4.3%
Columbus, GA-AL$98,300-4.3%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$98,300-4.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$98,270-4.4%
Dover, DE$98,260-4.4%
Farmington, NM$98,260-4.4%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$98,220-4.4%
Albany, GA$98,190-4.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$98,120-4.5%
Jefferson City, MO$98,070-4.6%
Greenville, NC$98,020-4.6%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$97,920-4.7%
Colorado Springs, CO$97,900-4.7%
Lima, OH$97,880-4.7%
Johnstown, PA$97,870-4.8%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$97,840-4.8%
Logan, UT-ID$97,830-4.8%
Clarksville, TN-KY$97,810-4.8%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$97,790-4.8%
Birmingham, AL$97,750-4.9%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$97,750-4.9%
Pittsburgh, PA$97,750-4.9%
Altoona, PA$97,710-4.9%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$97,710-4.9%
Decatur, AL$97,600-5.0%
Hattiesburg, MS$97,580-5.0%
Topeka, KS$97,570-5.1%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$97,550-5.1%
Bozeman, MT$97,400-5.2%
Wichita, KS$97,400-5.2%
Springfield, MO$97,270-5.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$97,260-5.4%
Hot Springs, AR$97,260-5.4%
Bloomington, IL$97,250-5.4%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$97,210-5.4%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$97,180-5.4%
Morristown, TN$97,150-5.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$97,110-5.5%
Manhattan, KS$97,110-5.5%
Valdosta, GA$97,050-5.6%
Billings, MT$97,020-5.6%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$96,960-5.6%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$96,940-5.7%
Evansville, IN$96,820-5.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$96,690-5.9%
Johnson City, TN$96,660-5.9%
Jackson, TN$96,610-6.0%
Bellingham, WA$96,450-6.1%
Columbus, IN$96,400-6.2%
Montgomery, AL$96,360-6.2%
Tallahassee, FL$96,180-6.4%
Glens Falls, NY$96,170-6.4%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$96,170-6.4%
Monroe, LA$96,140-6.4%
Knoxville, TN$96,110-6.5%
Morgantown, WV$96,010-6.6%
Beckley, WV$95,970-6.6%
Flint, MI$95,960-6.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$95,800-6.8%
Mansfield, OH$95,560-7.0%
Dothan, AL$95,460-7.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$95,310-7.2%
Jacksonville, NC$95,190-7.4%
Erie, PA$94,830-7.7%
Terre Haute, IN$94,760-7.8%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$94,710-7.8%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$94,550-8.0%
Cedar Rapids, IA$94,520-8.0%
Bangor, ME$94,510-8.0%
Iowa City, IA$94,480-8.1%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$94,400-8.1%
Mobile, AL$94,280-8.3%
Ocala, FL$94,130-8.4%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$94,120-8.4%
Rapid City, SD$94,120-8.4%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$94,020-8.5%
Bay City, MI$93,450-9.1%
Wichita Falls, TX$93,250-9.3%
Twin Falls, ID$93,090-9.4%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$92,690-9.8%
Midland, MI$92,620-9.9%
Idaho Falls, ID$92,110-10.4%
Syracuse, NY$92,080-10.4%
Gainesville, GA$92,030-10.4%
Bowling Green, KY$91,590-10.9%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$91,470-11.0%
Kingston, NY$91,460-11.0%
Ames, IA$90,610-11.8%
Goldsboro, NC$89,210-13.2%
Lake Charles, LA$88,900-13.5%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$88,670-13.7%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$87,200-15.1%
Grand Island, NE$87,080-15.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$86,840-15.5%
Elmira, NY$86,680-15.6%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$86,120-16.2%
Utica-Rome, NY$85,930-16.4%
Warner Robins, GA$85,590-16.7%
Fargo, ND-MN$85,330-17.0%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$84,750-17.5%
Helena, MT$84,390-17.9%
Lafayette, LA$84,340-17.9%
Missoula, MT$83,970-18.3%
Columbia, MO$83,320-18.9%
Bismarck, ND$83,280-19.0%
Owensboro, KY$83,270-19.0%
Rochester, NY$83,070-19.2%
Pocatello, ID$82,680-19.5%
Great Falls, MT$81,960-20.2%
Cleveland, TN$79,230-22.9%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$78,320-23.8%
Minot, ND$78,180-23.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$60,990-40.6%
Puerto Rico$60,250-41.4%
Mayaguez, PR$59,540-42.1%
Aguadilla, PR$59,340-42.3%
Ponce, PR$58,820-42.8%
Arecibo, PR$44,860-56.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.