Physical therapist salary

Open physical therapist jobs post a median of $53 an hour, with the middle half paying $48–$61: about $110,200 a year full time. Measured from 1,371 jobs at 275 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Physical therapist jobs

What physical therapists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 1,371 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $17.13, the highest $160.

Posted on open jobs

$48–$61/hr

Middle half of 720 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $53. 20% of the 6,746 open physical therapist jobs state an hourly rate. 1746 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Physical therapist pay by employer

What each employer posts for physical therapists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Kaiser Permanente	$68.75	$46.10–$94.96	71
UnitedHealth Group	$54.75	$25.20–$98.65	60
Northwestern Medicine	$53.25	$40.14–$65.58	54
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions	$47.25	$37.20–$80.85	43
Select Medical	$50	$34–$69.98	41
Advocate Health	$50.50	$35.50–$61.65	35
UPMC	$44	$34.19–$69.25	33
Providence	$63.25	$24.97–$90.14	26
Sanford Health	$49.75	$24–$62	25
Sutter Health	$76.50	$56.07–$103.84	21
U.S. Physical Therapy	$80	$30–$95	20
Riverside Health	$57	$46.10–$70	20
Endeavor Health	$55.25	$39.44–$67.24	19
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$48	$35.53–$61.67	19
CommonSpirit Health	$58.25	$23.05–$94.56	18
Carle Health	$55.50	$40.84–$70.93	18
Atlantic Health	$57.75	$41.79–$73.56	17
Ivy Rehab	$49.25	$36.78–$65	16
Baptist Health South Florida	$49.25	$36.69–$55.60	15
Adventist HealthCare	$47.25	$24.41–$60	15
Link Rehab and Wellness	$57.50	$50–$68	14
UW Health	$50.25	$39.94–$64.72	13
OSF HealthCare	$42.50	$39.13–$46.03	13
Ignite Medical Resorts	$50	$40–$60	12
Ascension	$46.25	$25.17–$67.78	12
AdventHealth	$45.50	$30.45–$67.21	12
Aegis Therapies	$45.50	$36–$65	12
Compassus	$61.50	$40–$86.03	11
PAM Health	$60	$55–$70	11
PACS Group	$57.50	$25–$75	11
Kaweah Health	$62.75	$50.24–$75.36	10
Allina Health	$51.25	$38.52–$59.38	10
Benedictine	$49.75	$40–$55.48	10
Hospital Sisters Health System	$47.25	$37.71–$59.40	10
HealthPartners	$46.75	$37.46–$59.59	10
Genesis HealthCare	$65	$35–$90	9
MultiCare Health System	$61.25	$44.42–$78.25	9
Erickson Senior Living	$50	$39–$55	9
Duly Health and Care	$47.50	$40–$55	9
Northwell Health	$66	$52–$80	8

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Physical therapist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
California	$65	$59–$72.25	$59.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	191
Nevada	$64	$56.50–$67	$53.48 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10
Oregon	$62.25	$59.25–$64.25	$49.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	24
Washington	$60.25	$55–$65	$50.94 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	78
Arizona	$58.25	$52.75–$64.50	$49.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	19
New Jersey	$57.50	$51.25–$65.25	$53.91 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	77
New York	$56.50	$50–$66	$48.39 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	83
Maryland	$55	$50–$60	$51.39 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	52
New Hampshire	$55	$45.50–$59.50	$48.01 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	8
Ohio	$54.75	$51.25–$55	$49.54 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10
Virginia	$54.25	$48.75–$58.75	$48.78 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	73
Texas	$54	$49.25–$60	$50.87 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	49
Delaware	$53.75	$48.25–$62	$49.06 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Connecticut	$53.50	$48.50–$56.25	$50.17 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	8
Pennsylvania	$53	$47–$60	$48.74 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	52
Kentucky	$53	$51–$55	$48.42 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Florida	$52	$48–$59.50	$48.58 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	78
Michigan	$52	$50–$56.75	$48.51 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Rhode Island	$52	$47.50–$56.25	$47.79 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Tennessee	$52	$49–$53.50	$48.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Colorado	$51.75	$48.25–$59.75	$49.05 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	38
Wisconsin	$51.50	$48.50–$55.25	$48.96 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	25
Indiana	$51.50	$48.50–$55	$48.83 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	25
Illinois	$51	$49–$55	$50.60 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	182
North Carolina	$50	$47.75–$52.75	$48.03 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	38
South Carolina	$50	$45–$55.50	$48.72 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Oklahoma	$50	$49.25–$58.50	$47.40 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Maine	$50	$48.25–$65	$47.94 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Nebraska	$49.75	$46.75–$50.75	$46.68 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Arkansas	$49.25	$46–$54.50	$47.60 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	8
Missouri	$49	$47.50–$51.50	$47.75 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	25
Massachusetts	$48.50	$47.25–$53.25	$49.90 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	75
Minnesota	$47.50	$45–$50	$49.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	72
Iowa	$47.50	$40.75–$60.50	$46.90 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Vermont	$45.75	$45–$47.25	$47.10 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
South Dakota	$45.25	$44–$48.75	$44.55 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	17
Georgia	$45	$41.25–$60	$49.38 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	21
North Dakota	$43.50	$42.50–$47.75	$41.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	14

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Physical therapist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

678 open jobs from 129 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $94,900, the middle half $86,500 to $105,000, from $39,832 to $185,702 posted.

Best-paid open physical therapist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Physical Therapist
Access TLC · Simi Valley and Ventura, CA· 7mo ago
$100–$130/hr
Physical Therapist (PT) – Home Health – Full Time
Peachtree Home Health · Smyrna, GA· 4w ago
$70–$160/hr
Full Time Home Health PT Physical Therapist
Halcyon Home · White Settlement, TX· 1d ago
$75–$150/hr
Home Health PT Physical Therapist
Halcyon Home · Fort Worth, TX· 1d ago
$75–$150/hr
Physical Therapist - Weekends
Optimal Home Care · Colorado Springs, Denver and 1 more, CO· 3w ago
$70–$130/hr
Physical Therapist 13 Week Assignment
Amedisys · Demopolis, AL· 2mo ago
$90.00/hr
Physical Therapist- Early Intervention
Genesis HealthCare · White Plains, Port Chester and 9 more, NY· 1w ago
$90.00/hr
PRN/SUPP - Physical Therapist
Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1 · Odessa, WA· 4mo ago
$80–$100/hr
Physical Therapist - Home Health
Therapy Partner Solutions Holdings · Orange Park, FL and 1 more state· 5d ago
$60–$120/hr
Physical Therapist - Per Diem
Plumas District Hospital · Quincy, CA· 5d ago
$70.11–$99.96/hr
Physical Therapist
Human Touch Health Care · Pueblo, Thornton and 3 more, CO· 3w ago
$70–$100/hr
Physical Therapist HH H SH
Kaiser Permanente · Sacramento, CA· 1mo ago
$82.57–$87.15/hr

Every open job: Physical therapist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Physical Therapists (29-1123)	$37.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$41.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$49.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$58.25 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$64.97 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)	267,330 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($53) is $3.60 above the BLS median ($49.40 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physical Therapists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Physical therapist salary: common questions

How much does a physical therapist make an hour?

Open physical therapist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $53, with the middle half between $48–$61 (1,371 jobs from 275 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $49.40/hr ($102,760 a year) for physical therapists in May 2025.

How much does a physical therapist make a year?

At the posted median of $53 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $110,200, and the middle half to $99,800 to $126,900. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 678 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $94,900.

Which states pay physical therapists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($65), Nevada ($64) and Oregon ($62.25). The lowest: North Dakota ($43.50), Georgia ($45) and South Dakota ($45.25). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay physical therapists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: U.S. Physical Therapy ($80), Sutter Health ($76.50) and Kaiser Permanente ($68.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 1,371 of 6,746 open physical therapist jobs (20%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Physical Therapists (SOC 29-1123), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Physical Therapists by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Physical Therapists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Physical therapist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/physical-therapist

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