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Physical therapist assistant salary in Michigan

Open physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan post a median of $29.13 an hour, the middle half $28–$34 (about $60,600 a year full time), $6.37 below the national posted median. From 9 jobs at 9 employers that state their pay.

$29.13
Median posted /hr
$28–$34
Middle half /hr
$60,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$29.65
BLS median in MI
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan · Physical therapist assistant pay nationwide

What physical therapist assistants are paid in Michigan

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $29.13 an hour. Middle half $28 to $34. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 9 open jobs in Michigan. Lowest posted $23, highest $50.

Posted on open jobs in Michigan

$28–$34/hr

Middle half of 9 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $29.13. 10% of the 91 open physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan state an hourly rate.

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Physical therapist assistant pay by employer in Michigan

What each employer posts for physical therapist assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Freedom At Home$45$40–$501
Link Rehab and Wellness$39.50$35–$441
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital$34$341
OSF HealthCare$29.66$27.26–$32.061
Holland Hospital$29.13$23.30–$34.951
Eaton County Health and Rehabilitation Services$29$28–$301
Concept Rehab$28$23–$331
Lake Effect Chiropractic$27.50$25–$301
Munger Physical Therapy$26.50$25–$281

Median of each employer's jobs in Michigan (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for physical therapist assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan

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

What BLS measures in Michigan

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Michigan. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Physical Therapist Assistants (31-2021)$17.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$25.22 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$29.65 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$33.03 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$37.79 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)4,520 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Physical therapist assistant salary in Michigan: common questions

How much does a physical therapist assistant make in Michigan?

Open physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan that state an hourly rate post a median of $29.13, the middle half $28–$34 (9 jobs from 9 employers). Full time that is about $60,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $29.65/hr ($61,670 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Michigan (May 2025).

How does Michigan compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Michigan ($29.13) is $6.37 below the national posted median of $35.50. In the BLS survey Michigan ranks 43 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 9 of 91 open physical therapist assistant jobs in Michigan (10%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Physical therapist assistant pay in other states

Physical therapist assistant salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Physical, Occupational, Speech & Respiratory Therapy job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Michigan pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physical Therapist Assistants (SOC 31-2021), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physical Therapist Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physical Therapist Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Physical therapist assistant salary in Michigan. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/physical-therapist-assistant/michigan

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