31 Series · SOC 31-2022

Physical Therapist Aides

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$34,520

per year

Median Hourly

$16.59/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$35,510

average

Employment

44,010

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$24,960$29,710$34,520$38,240$46,930
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$12.00$14.28$16.59$18.39$22.56
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$24,960

25th Percentile

$29,710

Median

$34,520

75th Percentile

$38,240

90th Percentile

$46,930

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Minnesota $44,340 +28% above national
2 Alaska $42,320 +23% above national
3 Massachusetts $38,000 +10% above national
4 District of Columbia $37,820 +10% above national
5 Washington $37,730 +9% above national
6 Colorado $37,210 +8% above national
7 Hawaii $36,470 +6% above national
8 Iowa $36,440 +6% above national
9 Pennsylvania $36,420 +6% above national
10 California $36,290 +5% above national
11 North Dakota $36,290 +5% above national
12 New Jersey $35,920 +4% above national
13 Ohio $35,880 +4% above national
14 Oregon $35,880 +4% above national
15 Maine $35,870 +4% above national
16 New Mexico $35,760 +4% above national
17 Wisconsin $35,700 +3% above national
18 Connecticut $35,280 +2% above national
19 North Carolina $35,190 +2% above national
20 New York $34,970 +1% above national
21 Arizona $34,910 +1% above national
22 Montana $34,870 +1% above national
23 Illinois $34,790 +1% above national
24 South Dakota $34,290 1% below national
25 New Hampshire $34,250 1% below national
26 Florida $33,520 3% below national
27 Rhode Island $32,610 6% below national
28 Texas $32,050 7% below national
29 Maryland $31,370 9% below national
30 Georgia $30,920 10% below national
31 South Carolina $30,750 11% below national
32 Tennessee $30,700 11% below national
33 Michigan $30,160 13% below national
34 Delaware $29,640 14% below national
35 Wyoming $29,460 15% below national
36 Nevada $29,430 15% below national
37 West Virginia $29,320 15% below national
38 Indiana $29,020 16% below national
39 Virginia $28,840 16% below national
40 Kansas $28,810 17% below national
41 Kentucky $28,770 17% below national
42 Arkansas $28,670 17% below national
43 Idaho $28,610 17% below national
44 Missouri $28,340 18% below national
45 Utah $27,860 19% below national
46 Mississippi $26,900 22% below national
47 Nebraska $26,540 23% below national
48 Alabama $25,220 27% below national
49 Oklahoma $24,350 29% below national
50 Puerto Rico $21,840 37% below national
51 Louisiana $21,600 37% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $57,670 +67% above national
2 Barnstable Town, MA $47,290 +37% above national
3 Abilene, TX $46,790 +36% above national
4 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $44,600 +29% above national
5 Urban Honolulu, HI $44,430 +29% above national
6 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $44,070 +28% above national
7 Winston-Salem, NC $43,940 +27% above national
8 Chico, CA $42,800 +24% above national
9 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $41,430 +20% above national
10 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $41,180 +19% above national
11 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $40,810 +18% above national
12 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,560 +15% above national
13 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $39,090 +13% above national
14 Manchester-Nashua, NH $38,980 +13% above national
15 Columbus, OH $38,830 +12% above national
16 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $38,810 +12% above national
17 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $38,790 +12% above national
18 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $38,700 +12% above national
19 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $38,700 +12% above national
20 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $38,650 +12% above national
21 Worcester, MA $38,000 +10% above national
22 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $37,930 +10% above national
23 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $37,910 +10% above national
24 Fresno, CA $37,660 +9% above national
25 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $37,560 +9% above national
26 Vallejo, CA $37,280 +8% above national
27 Albuquerque, NM $37,230 +8% above national
28 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $37,230 +8% above national
29 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,180 +8% above national
30 St. George, UT $37,150 +8% above national
31 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $37,140 +8% above national
32 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $37,010 +7% above national
33 Toledo, OH $36,990 +7% above national
34 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $36,920 +7% above national
35 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $36,870 +7% above national
36 Salinas, CA $36,740 +6% above national
37 Pittsburgh, PA $36,680 +6% above national
38 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $36,670 +6% above national
39 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $36,580 +6% above national
40 Kennewick-Richland, WA $36,560 +6% above national
41 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,550 +6% above national
42 Ann Arbor, MI $36,520 +6% above national
43 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $36,340 +5% above national
44 Fargo, ND-MN $36,290 +5% above national
45 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $36,290 +5% above national
46 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $36,240 +5% above national
47 Corpus Christi, TX $36,220 +5% above national
48 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,220 +5% above national
49 Erie, PA $36,210 +5% above national
50 Cedar Rapids, IA $36,180 +5% above national
51 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $36,150 +5% above national
52 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $36,140 +5% above national
53 Madison, WI $36,130 +5% above national
54 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $36,130 +5% above national
55 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $36,060 +4% above national
56 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $36,040 +4% above national
57 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $36,030 +4% above national
58 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,010 +4% above national
59 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $36,010 +4% above national
60 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $35,950 +4% above national
61 Merced, CA $35,930 +4% above national
62 Anchorage, AK $35,920 +4% above national
63 Portland-South Portland, ME $35,860 +4% above national
64 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $35,800 +4% above national
65 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $35,740 +4% above national
66 Akron, OH $35,690 +3% above national
67 Cleveland, OH $35,560 +3% above national
68 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $35,560 +3% above national
69 Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,560 +3% above national
70 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $35,510 +3% above national
71 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $35,450 +3% above national
72 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $35,440 +3% above national
73 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $35,360 +2% above national
74 Modesto, CA $35,360 +2% above national
75 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,360 +2% above national
76 New Haven, CT $35,280 +2% above national
77 Redding, CA $35,280 +2% above national
78 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,280 +2% above national
79 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $35,270 +2% above national
80 Tucson, AZ $35,240 +2% above national
81 Raleigh-Cary, NC $35,180 +2% above national
82 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $35,040 +2% above national
83 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $35,020 +1% above national
84 Utica-Rome, NY $35,000 +1% above national
85 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $34,950 +1% above national
86 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $34,940 +1% above national
87 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $34,840 +1% above national
88 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $34,810 +1% above national
89 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $34,790 +1% above national
90 Visalia, CA $34,710 +1% above national
91 Bend, OR $34,680 same as national
92 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $34,570 same as national
93 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $34,420 same as national
94 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $34,400 same as national
95 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $34,320 1% below national
96 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $34,190 1% below national
97 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $34,140 1% below national
98 Greensboro-High Point, NC $34,000 2% below national
99 Salem, OR $33,960 2% below national
100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $33,840 2% below national
101 Asheville, NC $33,800 2% below national
102 Eugene-Springfield, OR $33,500 3% below national
103 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $33,350 3% below national
104 Boulder, CO $33,260 4% below national
105 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,060 4% below national
106 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $32,930 5% below national
107 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $32,770 5% below national
108 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $32,680 5% below national
109 Charleston, WV $32,630 5% below national
110 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $32,600 6% below national
111 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $32,570 6% below national
112 Columbia, SC $32,570 6% below national
113 Port St. Lucie, FL $32,460 6% below national
114 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $32,430 6% below national
115 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $32,140 7% below national
116 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $32,040 7% below national
117 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $31,750 8% below national
118 Jonesboro, AR $31,620 8% below national
119 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $31,550 9% below national
120 Rome, GA $31,440 9% below national
121 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $31,420 9% below national
122 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $31,370 9% below national
123 Lexington Park, MD $31,200 10% below national
124 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $31,200 10% below national
125 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,200 10% below national
126 Rochester, NY $31,200 10% below national
127 Syracuse, NY $31,200 10% below national
128 Wilmington, NC $31,200 10% below national
129 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $31,200 10% below national
130 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $31,120 10% below national
131 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $31,030 10% below national
132 Tuscaloosa, AL $30,990 10% below national
133 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $30,930 10% below national
134 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $30,750 11% below national
135 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $30,700 11% below national
136 Knoxville, TN $30,700 11% below national
137 Kansas City, MO-KS $30,670 11% below national
138 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $30,650 11% below national
139 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $30,530 12% below national
140 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $30,480 12% below national
141 Dover, DE $30,420 12% below national
142 Colorado Springs, CO $30,370 12% below national
143 Charlottesville, VA $30,230 12% below national
144 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $30,230 12% below national
145 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $30,210 12% below national
146 Killeen-Temple, TX $29,890 13% below national
147 Cheyenne, WY $29,810 14% below national
148 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $29,810 14% below national
149 Columbia, MO $29,750 14% below national
150 Jackson, MS $29,730 14% below national
151 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $29,640 14% below national
152 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $29,600 14% below national
153 Springfield, MO $29,520 14% below national
154 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $29,460 15% below national
155 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $29,440 15% below national
156 Reno, NV $29,430 15% below national
157 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $29,380 15% below national
158 Evansville, IN $29,170 15% below national
159 St. Louis, MO-IL $29,120 16% below national
160 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $29,120 16% below national
161 Coeur d'Alene, ID $29,070 16% below national
162 Casper, WY $28,870 16% below national
163 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,830 16% below national
164 Kenosha, WI $28,820 17% below national
165 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $28,810 17% below national
166 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $28,770 17% below national
167 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $28,710 17% below national
168 Boise City, ID $28,690 17% below national
169 Youngstown-Warren, OH $28,660 17% below national
170 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,650 17% below national
171 Chattanooga, TN-GA $28,640 17% below national
172 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $28,610 17% below national
173 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $28,530 17% below national
174 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $28,500 17% below national
175 Logan, UT-ID $28,490 17% below national
176 Richmond, VA $28,410 18% below national
177 Savannah, GA $28,380 18% below national
178 El Paso, TX $28,230 18% below national
179 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $28,230 18% below national
180 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $28,010 19% below national
181 Traverse City, MI $27,830 19% below national
182 Laredo, TX $27,810 19% below national
183 Amarillo, TX $27,740 20% below national
184 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $27,730 20% below national
185 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,730 20% below national
186 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $27,720 20% below national
187 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $27,690 20% below national
188 Birmingham, AL $27,580 20% below national
189 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $27,480 20% below national
190 Twin Falls, ID $27,470 20% below national
191 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $27,400 21% below national
192 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $27,000 22% below national
193 Tallahassee, FL $26,980 22% below national
194 Pocatello, ID $26,920 22% below national
195 Idaho Falls, ID $26,830 22% below national
196 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $26,820 22% below national
197 Lubbock, TX $26,800 22% below national
198 Huntsville, AL $26,740 23% below national
199 Omaha, NE-IA $26,710 23% below national
200 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $26,640 23% below national
201 Fort Wayne, IN $26,530 23% below national
202 Lincoln, NE $26,520 23% below national
203 Ogden, UT $26,490 23% below national
204 Montgomery, AL $26,100 24% below national
205 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $25,520 26% below national
206 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $25,500 26% below national
207 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $25,240 27% below national
208 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $24,960 28% below national
209 Wichita, KS $24,960 28% below national
210 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $24,850 28% below national
211 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $24,730 28% below national
212 Dothan, AL $24,640 29% below national
213 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $23,050 33% below national
214 Tulsa, OK $22,720 34% below national
215 Oklahoma City, OK $22,520 35% below national
216 Mobile, AL $22,290 35% below national
217 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $22,280 35% below national
218 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $22,190 36% below national
219 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $21,900 37% below national
220 Gadsden, AL $21,720 37% below national
221 Lake Charles, LA $21,720 37% below national
222 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $21,600 37% below national
223 Monroe, LA $21,390 38% below national
224 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $21,380 38% below national
225 Johnson City, TN $21,220 39% below national
226 Baton Rouge, LA $21,100 39% below national
227 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,350 41% below national
228 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,170 42% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.