Physical Therapists
United States. Estimated employment 267,330, with pages for 16 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1123
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$102,760 · 50th
$77,14010th
$86,16025th
$102,76050th
$121,16075th
$135,14090th
That is the median — half of physical therapists in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Physical Therapists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $141,980 | 3,140 |
| Vallejo, CA | $141,530 | 300 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $140,100 | 290 |
| San Jose, CA | $139,000 | 1,460 |
| Chico, CA | $134,970 | 180 |
| Sacramento, CA | $131,430 | 1,610 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $128,680 | 310 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $108,170 | 9,750 |
| New York, NY | $107,650 | 21,240 |
| Ithaca, NY | $101,290 | 110 |
| Binghamton, NY | $99,670 | 240 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $97,110 | 640 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $96,170 | 100 |
| Buffalo, NY | $95,800 | 1,410 |
| Albany, NY | $94,020 | 790 |
| Syracuse, NY | $92,080 | 700 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 267,330 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-1123, Physical Therapists. Mapped to our taxonomy as physical-therapists.
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