29 Series · SOC 29-1123
Physical Therapists Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $102,760
- Median / year
- +1.7%
- 2024→2025
- $135,140
- Top 10% earn
- +10.9%
- Growth '24–'34
- 267,330
- Estimated US jobs
Physical Therapists earn a median of $102,760 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, the median annual wage is $102,760, based on the most recent survey of employers. Reported pay ranges from $77,140 (10th percentile) to $135,140 (90th percentile) nationally, across roughly 267,330 estimated jobs in covered establishments. The highest published state median in this ranking is California ($124,190).
The pay verdict
Physical Therapists earn a median of $102,760, putting them among the better-paid US occupations and higher than 85% of the 825 occupations with a published BLS median. Within Healthcare Practitioners and Technical, it ranks #34 of 71 by median pay. Employment is projected to grow 10.9% by 2034.
- $102,760
- Median annual wage
- Top 15%
- of 825 US occupations with published wages
- #34 of 71
- in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
- 1.8×
- 90th-to-10th pay spread
Highest-paying state: California at $124,190. Typical entry-level education: Doctoral or professional degree.
Observed pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2019–2025
- The published national median for Physical Therapists moved from $89,440 in May 2019 to $102,760 in May 2025 (+14.9%).
- Across the 749 occupations priced in both releases under SOC-2018, the median occupation changed +24.5%.
- Physical Therapists sits -9.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Physical Therapists (SOC 29-1123) has a national median of $102,760 per year in the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics May 2025 release. The published 10th-to-90th-percentile boundaries run from $77,140 to $135,140, and the published mean is $105,280. Those summary statistics describe the estimated distribution; their difference alone does not identify its cause. OEWS estimates 267,330 jobs in covered establishments nationally. WageDex has published rows for 52 state or territory areas and 523 metropolitan or nonmetropolitan wage areas. The published national median moved from $101,020 in the May 2024 OEWS release to $102,760 in May 2025, a rise of $1,740 (+1.7%). This is a change between two BLS survey estimates, not an inflation-adjusted same-worker pay raise.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +10.9% change in employment from 2024 to 2034, which we classify as much faster than average relative to the all-occupations baseline of 3.1%. About 13,200 openings are projected per year from growth, occupational transfers, and labor-force exits. BLS assigns Doctoral or professional degree as typical education needed for entry. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific fatality and injury rate for this role in the current release. The safety panel below shows its broad Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations SOC-group context and is not an occupation-level measurement or ranking.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. California pays the highest state median at $124,190, which is +21% above the national figure. The highest published metropolitan-area median in this ranking is San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA at $141,980. The observed difference does not identify its cause. Pair the national median with the state and metropolitan-area rows below while keeping the geography and statistic consistent. OEWS includes tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses, but not employer benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, or nonproduction bonuses. See our methodology for the sourcing and calculation details.
Median Salary
$102,760
per year
Median Hourly
$49.40/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$105,280
average
Employment
267,330
jobs nationwide
How does this pay compare nationally?
Where Physical Therapists pay sits nationally
Median annual wage vs. 825 detailed BLS occupations with a published median
$102,760 Top 15% higher than 85% of 825 US occupations
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US occupations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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| Band | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| $0–$20,000 | 0 US occupations | 0% |
| $20,000–$40,000 | 98 US occupations | 12% |
| $40,000–$60,000 | 298 US occupations | 36% |
| $60,000–$80,000 | 209 US occupations | 25% |
| $80,000–$100,000 | 82 US occupations | 10% |
| $100,000–$120,000 (this entry) | 58 US occupations | 7% |
| $120,000–$140,000 | 32 US occupations | 4% |
| $140,000–$160,000 | 14 US occupations | 2% |
| $160,000–$180,000 | 9 US occupations | 1% |
| $180,000 and above | 25 US occupations | 3% |
$102,760 · 85th percentile of 825 US occupations
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025
Does this job pay well and grow?
Each dot is a 29-series occupation, placed by projected 2024–2034 growth and median pay. The highlighted dot is Physical Therapists; the upper-right quadrant is the sweet spot (high pay + fast growth).
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- Registered Nurses: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 4.9%, Median annual wage $97550
- Licensed Practical a…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 2.6%, Median annual wage $64400
- Pharmacy Technicians: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 6.4%, Median annual wage $45750
- Physicians, All Other: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 2.5%, Median annual wage $265930
- Clinical Laboratory …: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 1.7%, Median annual wage $62930
- Nurse Practitioners: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 40.1%, Median annual wage $132300
- Pharmacists: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 4.6%, Median annual wage $140910
- Physical Therapists: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 10.9%, Median annual wage $102760
- Radiologic Technolog…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 4.3%, Median annual wage $80110
- Dental Hygienists: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 7%, Median annual wage $98100
- Medical Records Spec…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 7.1%, Median annual wage $51140
- Speech-Language Path…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 15%, Median annual wage $97870
- Health Technologists…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 5.2%, Median annual wage $50290
- Emergency Medical Te…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 5.1%, Median annual wage $44470
- Occupational Therapi…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 13.8%, Median annual wage $100330
- Physician Assistants: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 20.4%, Median annual wage $135880
- Psychiatric Technici…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 20%, Median annual wage $45130
- Respiratory Therapists: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 12.1%, Median annual wage $82280
- Veterinary Technolog…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 9.1%, Median annual wage $47380
- Dentists, General: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 4.1%, Median annual wage $170950
- Surgical Technologists: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 4.5%, Median annual wage $64650
- Family Medicine Phys…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 2.7%, Median annual wage $244180
- Paramedics: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 5%, Median annual wage $60600
- Diagnostic Medical S…: Projected growth 2024–2034 (%) 13%, Median annual wage $96590
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS (wages, May 2025) and Employment Projections (2024–2034).
Job Outlook (2024–2034)
Projected Growth
+10.9%
Much faster than average
Annual Openings
13,200
per year (projected)
Employment Change
+29,300
267,200 (2024) → 296,400 (2034)
Typical Education
Doctoral or professional degree
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings →Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations context
Broad SOC context, not an occupation grade
Fatality Rate
0.7/100K
Injury Rate
1.5/100
Danger Index
6.4/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Career Intelligence
Skills, knowledge, and tasks most important for Physical Therapists roles, ranked by importance. Source: O*NET.
Top Skills
Knowledge Areas
Key Tasks
- ▸ Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- ▸ Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- ▸ Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
- ▸ Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- ▸ Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- ▸ Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
- ▸ Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
- ▸ Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
- ▸ Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
- ▸ Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
Source: O*NET Online, National Center for O*NET Development. Data represents typical importance ratings for this occupation.
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
Physical Therapists pay history, 2015–2025
Published national median across 11 BLS OEWS releases. Nominal dollars, not inflation-adjusted.
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| Period | National median |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $84,020 |
| 2016 | $85,400 |
| 2017 | $86,850 |
| 2018 | $87,930 |
| 2019 | $89,440 |
| 2020 | $91,010 |
| 2021 | $95,620 |
| 2022 | $97,720 |
| 2023 | $99,710 |
| 2024 | $101,020 |
| 2025 | $102,760 |
2015 median
$84,020
2025 median
$102,760
2019–2025 change (same SOC)
+$13,320 (+14.9%)
Avg/year (same SOC)
+2.3%
| Release | Median | Change | Estimated jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | $84,020 | First banked release | 209,690 |
| May 2016 | $85,400 | +1.6% | 216,920 |
| May 2017 | $86,850 | +1.7% | 225,420 |
| May 2018 | $87,930 | +1.2% | 228,600 |
| May 2019 | $89,440 | Classification break | 233,350 |
| May 2020 | $91,010 | +1.8% | 220,870 |
| May 2021 | $95,620 | +5.1% | 225,350 |
| May 2022 | $97,720 | +2.2% | 229,740 |
| May 2023 | $99,710 | +2.0% | 240,820 |
| May 2024 | $101,020 | +1.3% | 248,630 |
| May 2025 | $102,760 | +1.7% | 267,330 |
Across the 11 releases WageDex holds for this occupation, the published national median went from $84,020 in May 2015 to $102,760 in May 2025. Within the SOC-2018 classification (2019–2025), the like-for-like change averages +2.3% per year in nominal terms. Within the same SOC classification, estimated employment went from 233,350 in May 2019 to 267,330 in May 2025.
Each figure is a separate BLS survey estimate, so a change between releases reflects the estimated occupation-wide median in each year. It is not the raise any individual worker received, and it is not adjusted for inflation. Years where BLS did not publish an annual median for this occupation are omitted rather than filled in. This span also crosses a classification change: releases before May 2019 use the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification and later releases use the 2018 SOC, so figures either side of that boundary are not strictly like-for-like. Headline change rates on this page use only the same-classification subset.
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $124,190 | +21% above national |
| 2 | Alaska | $115,280 | +12% above national |
| 3 | New Jersey | $112,140 | +9% above national |
| 4 | Nevada | $111,250 | +8% above national |
| 5 | Maryland | $106,890 | +4% above national |
| 6 | New Mexico | $106,880 | +4% above national |
| 7 | Washington | $105,950 | +3% above national |
| 8 | Texas | $105,810 | +3% above national |
| 9 | Illinois | $105,250 | +2% above national |
| 10 | Connecticut | $104,360 | +2% above national |
| 11 | Massachusetts | $103,790 | +1% above national |
| 12 | Oregon | $103,510 | +1% above national |
| 13 | Arizona | $103,220 | same as national |
| 14 | Ohio | $103,050 | same as national |
| 15 | Georgia | $102,700 | same as national |
| 16 | Delaware | $102,050 | 1% below national |
| 17 | Colorado | $102,030 | 1% below national |
| 18 | Minnesota | $102,010 | 1% below national |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $101,840 | 1% below national |
| 20 | Hawaii | $101,700 | 1% below national |
| 21 | District of Columbia | $101,640 | 1% below national |
| 22 | Indiana | $101,560 | 1% below national |
| 23 | Virginia | $101,450 | 1% below national |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | $101,380 | 1% below national |
| 25 | South Carolina | $101,330 | 1% below national |
| 26 | Florida | $101,040 | 2% below national |
| 27 | Michigan | $100,900 | 2% below national |
| 28 | Kentucky | $100,710 | 2% below national |
| 29 | New York | $100,660 | 2% below national |
| 30 | Wyoming | $100,400 | 2% below national |
| 31 | Tennessee | $100,140 | 3% below national |
| 32 | Mississippi | $99,990 | 3% below national |
| 33 | North Carolina | $99,910 | 3% below national |
| 34 | Utah | $99,880 | 3% below national |
| 35 | New Hampshire | $99,850 | 3% below national |
| 36 | Maine | $99,720 | 3% below national |
| 37 | Rhode Island | $99,400 | 3% below national |
| 38 | Missouri | $99,310 | 3% below national |
| 39 | Arkansas | $99,010 | 4% below national |
| 40 | Idaho | $99,000 | 4% below national |
| 41 | Oklahoma | $98,590 | 4% below national |
| 42 | Louisiana | $98,530 | 4% below national |
| 43 | Kansas | $98,290 | 4% below national |
| 44 | Vermont | $97,970 | 5% below national |
| 45 | Iowa | $97,560 | 5% below national |
| 46 | Alabama | $97,290 | 5% below national |
| 47 | Nebraska | $97,090 | 6% below national |
| 48 | West Virginia | $96,600 | 6% below national |
| 49 | South Dakota | $92,660 | 10% below national |
| 50 | Montana | $91,450 | 11% below national |
| 51 | North Dakota | $85,330 | 17% below national |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $60,250 | 41% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $141,980 | +38% above national |
| 2 | Vallejo, CA | $141,530 | +38% above national |
| 3 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $140,100 | +36% above national |
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $139,000 | +35% above national |
| 5 | Napa, CA | $138,540 | +35% above national |
| 6 | Chico, CA | $134,970 | +31% above national |
| 7 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $131,430 | +28% above national |
| 8 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $128,680 | +25% above national |
| 9 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | $127,460 | +24% above national |
| 10 | Salinas, CA | $127,120 | +24% above national |
| 11 | Modesto, CA | $126,600 | +23% above national |
| 12 | Merced, CA | $126,000 | +23% above national |
| 13 | Decatur, IL | $125,600 | +22% above national |
| 14 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $125,490 | +22% above national |
| 15 | Santa Fe, NM | $124,870 | +22% above national |
| 16 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $124,790 | +21% above national |
| 17 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $124,260 | +21% above national |
| 18 | Fresno, CA | $123,820 | +20% above national |
| 19 | Carson City, NV | $120,810 | +18% above national |
| 20 | Las Cruces, NM | $120,350 | +17% above national |
| 21 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $120,110 | +17% above national |
| 22 | Midland, TX | $118,450 | +15% above national |
| 23 | El Centro, CA | $116,950 | +14% above national |
| 24 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $116,770 | +14% above national |
| 25 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $116,480 | +13% above national |
| 26 | Springfield, IL | $115,990 | +13% above national |
| 27 | Walla Walla, WA | $115,740 | +13% above national |
| 28 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $114,980 | +12% above national |
| 29 | Longview, TX | $113,980 | +11% above national |
| 30 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $113,850 | +11% above national |
| 31 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $113,700 | +11% above national |
| 32 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $113,570 | +11% above national |
| 33 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $113,510 | +10% above national |
| 34 | Enid, OK | $113,190 | +10% above national |
| 35 | Anchorage, AK | $112,590 | +10% above national |
| 36 | Spartanburg, SC | $111,860 | +9% above national |
| 37 | Lexington Park, MD | $111,780 | +9% above national |
| 38 | Sherman-Denison, TX | $110,750 | +8% above national |
| 39 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $110,620 | +8% above national |
| 40 | Amarillo, TX | $109,800 | +7% above national |
| 41 | Dalton, GA | $109,710 | +7% above national |
| 42 | Odessa, TX | $109,690 | +7% above national |
| 43 | Albany, OR | $108,720 | +6% above national |
| 44 | Tyler, TX | $108,380 | +5% above national |
| 45 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $108,280 | +5% above national |
| 46 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $108,170 | +5% above national |
| 47 | Florence, SC | $108,160 | +5% above national |
| 48 | Barnstable Town, MA | $108,110 | +5% above national |
| 49 | Redding, CA | $107,980 | +5% above national |
| 50 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $107,810 | +5% above national |
| 51 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $107,780 | +5% above national |
| 52 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $107,700 | +5% above national |
| 53 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $107,650 | +5% above national |
| 54 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $107,350 | +4% above national |
| 55 | Salisbury, MD | $107,290 | +4% above national |
| 56 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $107,290 | +4% above national |
| 57 | Ann Arbor, MI | $106,980 | +4% above national |
| 58 | Reno, NV | $106,840 | +4% above national |
| 59 | Gadsden, AL | $106,720 | +4% above national |
| 60 | Yuba City, CA | $106,600 | +4% above national |
| 61 | Grants Pass, OR | $106,550 | +4% above national |
| 62 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $106,450 | +4% above national |
| 63 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $106,250 | +3% above national |
| 64 | Corpus Christi, TX | $106,080 | +3% above national |
| 65 | Niles, MI | $106,020 | +3% above national |
| 66 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $106,010 | +3% above national |
| 67 | Yakima, WA | $105,950 | +3% above national |
| 68 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $105,810 | +3% above national |
| 69 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $105,790 | +3% above national |
| 70 | Pittsfield, MA | $105,750 | +3% above national |
| 71 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $105,720 | +3% above national |
| 72 | Texarkana, TX-AR | $105,580 | +3% above national |
| 73 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $105,440 | +3% above national |
| 74 | Vineland, NJ | $105,360 | +3% above national |
| 75 | Williamsport, PA | $105,340 | +3% above national |
| 76 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $105,240 | +2% above national |
| 77 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $105,230 | +2% above national |
| 78 | Visalia, CA | $105,210 | +2% above national |
| 79 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $105,160 | +2% above national |
| 80 | Columbus, OH | $105,130 | +2% above national |
| 81 | Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | $105,050 | +2% above national |
| 82 | Springfield, OH | $104,870 | +2% above national |
| 83 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $104,750 | +2% above national |
| 84 | Toledo, OH | $104,750 | +2% above national |
| 85 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $104,580 | +2% above national |
| 86 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $104,500 | +2% above national |
| 87 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $104,500 | +2% above national |
| 88 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $104,350 | +2% above national |
| 89 | Elizabethtown, KY | $104,280 | +1% above national |
| 90 | Sheboygan, WI | $104,110 | +1% above national |
| 91 | Cleveland, OH | $104,030 | +1% above national |
| 92 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $104,020 | +1% above national |
| 93 | Jackson, MI | $104,000 | +1% above national |
| 94 | Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | $104,000 | +1% above national |
| 95 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $103,980 | +1% above national |
| 96 | Battle Creek, MI | $103,920 | +1% above national |
| 97 | Gettysburg, PA | $103,890 | +1% above national |
| 98 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $103,840 | +1% above national |
| 99 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $103,810 | +1% above national |
| 100 | Worcester, MA | $103,790 | +1% above national |
| 101 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $103,770 | +1% above national |
| 102 | Charleston, WV | $103,760 | +1% above national |
| 103 | Saginaw, MI | $103,760 | +1% above national |
| 104 | Rome, GA | $103,710 | +1% above national |
| 105 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $103,630 | +1% above national |
| 106 | Springfield, MA | $103,570 | +1% above national |
| 107 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $103,550 | +1% above national |
| 108 | Albuquerque, NM | $103,510 | +1% above national |
| 109 | Homosassa Springs, FL | $103,510 | +1% above national |
| 110 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $103,440 | +1% above national |
| 111 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $103,440 | +1% above national |
| 112 | Alexandria, LA | $103,380 | +1% above national |
| 113 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $103,380 | +1% above national |
| 114 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $103,330 | +1% above national |
| 115 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $103,330 | +1% above national |
| 116 | Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | $103,260 | same as national |
| 117 | Lancaster, PA | $103,240 | same as national |
| 118 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $103,220 | same as national |
| 119 | San Angelo, TX | $103,070 | same as national |
| 120 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $103,030 | same as national |
| 121 | Rocky Mount, NC | $103,030 | same as national |
| 122 | Jackson, MS | $103,000 | same as national |
| 123 | New Haven, CT | $103,000 | same as national |
| 124 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $102,980 | same as national |
| 125 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $102,970 | same as national |
| 126 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $102,960 | same as national |
| 127 | Reading, PA | $102,950 | same as national |
| 128 | Abilene, TX | $102,920 | same as national |
| 129 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $102,890 | same as national |
| 130 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $102,880 | same as national |
| 131 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | $102,840 | same as national |
| 132 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $102,820 | same as national |
| 133 | Madison, WI | $102,810 | same as national |
| 134 | Bloomington, IN | $102,750 | same as national |
| 135 | Akron, OH | $102,700 | same as national |
| 136 | Richmond, VA | $102,700 | same as national |
| 137 | Winchester, VA-WV | $102,670 | same as national |
| 138 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $102,590 | same as national |
| 139 | Victoria, TX | $102,520 | same as national |
| 140 | Monroe, MI | $102,510 | same as national |
| 141 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $102,480 | same as national |
| 142 | Lynchburg, VA | $102,450 | same as national |
| 143 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $102,450 | same as national |
| 144 | Boulder, CO | $102,430 | same as national |
| 145 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $102,430 | same as national |
| 146 | Tucson, AZ | $102,420 | same as national |
| 147 | Charlottesville, VA | $102,400 | same as national |
| 148 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $102,340 | same as national |
| 149 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $102,260 | same as national |
| 150 | Sandusky, OH | $102,210 | 1% below national |
| 151 | El Paso, TX | $102,190 | 1% below national |
| 152 | York-Hanover, PA | $102,170 | 1% below national |
| 153 | Grand Junction, CO | $102,160 | 1% below national |
| 154 | Lebanon, PA | $102,020 | 1% below national |
| 155 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $101,980 | 1% below national |
| 156 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $101,950 | 1% below national |
| 157 | Appleton, WI | $101,920 | 1% below national |
| 158 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $101,870 | 1% below national |
| 159 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $101,870 | 1% below national |
| 160 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $101,860 | 1% below national |
| 161 | Cheyenne, WY | $101,760 | 1% below national |
| 162 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $101,750 | 1% below national |
| 163 | Muncie, IN | $101,710 | 1% below national |
| 164 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $101,700 | 1% below national |
| 165 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $101,650 | 1% below national |
| 166 | Traverse City, MI | $101,640 | 1% below national |
| 167 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $101,570 | 1% below national |
| 168 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $101,550 | 1% below national |
| 169 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $101,530 | 1% below national |
| 170 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $101,430 | 1% below national |
| 171 | Rockford, IL | $101,340 | 1% below national |
| 172 | Lubbock, TX | $101,310 | 1% below national |
| 173 | Ithaca, NY | $101,290 | 1% below national |
| 174 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $101,270 | 1% below national |
| 175 | Winston-Salem, NC | $101,270 | 1% below national |
| 176 | Mankato, MN | $101,260 | 1% below national |
| 177 | Burlington, NC | $101,120 | 2% below national |
| 178 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $101,060 | 2% below national |
| 179 | Punta Gorda, FL | $101,030 | 2% below national |
| 180 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $101,020 | 2% below national |
| 181 | Savannah, GA | $100,920 | 2% below national |
| 182 | Wheeling, WV-OH | $100,920 | 2% below national |
| 183 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $100,890 | 2% below national |
| 184 | Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | $100,890 | 2% below national |
| 185 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $100,870 | 2% below national |
| 186 | Tulsa, OK | $100,840 | 2% below national |
| 187 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $100,840 | 2% below national |
| 188 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | $100,830 | 2% below national |
| 189 | Harrisonburg, VA | $100,820 | 2% below national |
| 190 | Flagstaff, AZ | $100,690 | 2% below national |
| 191 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $100,620 | 2% below national |
| 192 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $100,600 | 2% below national |
| 193 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $100,530 | 2% below national |
| 194 | Sumter, SC | $100,520 | 2% below national |
| 195 | Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | $100,420 | 2% below national |
| 196 | Waco, TX | $100,390 | 2% below national |
| 197 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $100,380 | 2% below national |
| 198 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $100,310 | 2% below national |
| 199 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $100,290 | 2% below national |
| 200 | Chambersburg, PA | $100,260 | 2% below national |
| 201 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $100,240 | 2% below national |
| 202 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $100,230 | 2% below national |
| 203 | Greeley, CO | $100,170 | 3% below national |
| 204 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $100,160 | 3% below national |
| 205 | Jacksonville, FL | $100,150 | 3% below national |
| 206 | Joplin, MO-KS | $100,150 | 3% below national |
| 207 | Rochester, MN | $100,140 | 3% below national |
| 208 | Fond du Lac, WI | $100,130 | 3% below national |
| 209 | Boise City, ID | $100,120 | 3% below national |
| 210 | Fayetteville, NC | $100,120 | 3% below national |
| 211 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $100,050 | 3% below national |
| 212 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $100,040 | 3% below national |
| 213 | Jonesboro, AR | $100,010 | 3% below national |
| 214 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $100,000 | 3% below national |
| 215 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $99,980 | 3% below national |
| 216 | Salem, OR | $99,970 | 3% below national |
| 217 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $99,940 | 3% below national |
| 218 | Wausau, WI | $99,910 | 3% below national |
| 219 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $99,900 | 3% below national |
| 220 | Green Bay, WI | $99,850 | 3% below national |
| 221 | Columbia, SC | $99,840 | 3% below national |
| 222 | Dubuque, IA | $99,840 | 3% below national |
| 223 | Bend, OR | $99,800 | 3% below national |
| 224 | Lincoln, NE | $99,780 | 3% below national |
| 225 | Kankakee, IL | $99,770 | 3% below national |
| 226 | Huntsville, AL | $99,760 | 3% below national |
| 227 | Oklahoma City, OK | $99,730 | 3% below national |
| 228 | Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $99,710 | 3% below national |
| 229 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $99,690 | 3% below national |
| 230 | Binghamton, NY | $99,670 | 3% below national |
| 231 | Omaha, NE-IA | $99,630 | 3% below national |
| 232 | Lawrence, KS | $99,620 | 3% below national |
| 233 | Wildwood-The Villages, FL | $99,610 | 3% below national |
| 234 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $99,520 | 3% below national |
| 235 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $99,500 | 3% below national |
| 236 | Asheville, NC | $99,480 | 3% below national |
| 237 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $99,410 | 3% below national |
| 238 | St. George, UT | $99,340 | 3% below national |
| 239 | Paducah, KY-IL | $99,330 | 3% below national |
| 240 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $99,320 | 3% below national |
| 241 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $99,310 | 3% below national |
| 242 | St. Joseph, MO-KS | $99,310 | 3% below national |
| 243 | Pueblo, CO | $99,250 | 3% below national |
| 244 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $99,230 | 3% below national |
| 245 | Ogden, UT | $99,170 | 3% below national |
| 246 | Kenosha, WI | $99,160 | 4% below national |
| 247 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $99,120 | 4% below national |
| 248 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $99,100 | 4% below national |
| 249 | Laredo, TX | $99,000 | 4% below national |
| 250 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $98,990 | 4% below national |
| 251 | State College, PA | $98,970 | 4% below national |
| 252 | Hammond, LA | $98,930 | 4% below national |
| 253 | Baton Rouge, LA | $98,920 | 4% below national |
| 254 | Casper, WY | $98,880 | 4% below national |
| 255 | Corvallis, OR | $98,870 | 4% below national |
| 256 | Peoria, IL | $98,860 | 4% below national |
| 257 | Yuma, AZ | $98,790 | 4% below national |
| 258 | Roanoke, VA | $98,770 | 4% below national |
| 259 | Wilmington, NC | $98,770 | 4% below national |
| 260 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $98,740 | 4% below national |
| 261 | Fort Smith, AR-OK | $98,730 | 4% below national |
| 262 | Gainesville, FL | $98,700 | 4% below national |
| 263 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $98,690 | 4% below national |
| 264 | St. Cloud, MN | $98,660 | 4% below national |
| 265 | Eau Claire, WI | $98,610 | 4% below national |
| 266 | Lawton, OK | $98,590 | 4% below national |
| 267 | Anniston-Oxford, AL | $98,520 | 4% below national |
| 268 | Medford, OR | $98,500 | 4% below national |
| 269 | Fort Wayne, IN | $98,450 | 4% below national |
| 270 | Michigan City-La Porte, IN | $98,420 | 4% below national |
| 271 | Sebring, FL | $98,370 | 4% below national |
| 272 | Kokomo, IN | $98,350 | 4% below national |
| 273 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $98,340 | 4% below national |
| 274 | Columbus, GA-AL | $98,300 | 4% below national |
| 275 | Lewiston-Auburn, ME | $98,300 | 4% below national |
| 276 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $98,270 | 4% below national |
| 277 | Dover, DE | $98,260 | 4% below national |
| 278 | Farmington, NM | $98,260 | 4% below national |
| 279 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $98,220 | 4% below national |
| 280 | Albany, GA | $98,190 | 4% below national |
| 281 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $98,120 | 5% below national |
| 282 | Jefferson City, MO | $98,070 | 5% below national |
| 283 | Greenville, NC | $98,020 | 5% below national |
| 284 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $97,920 | 5% below national |
| 285 | Colorado Springs, CO | $97,900 | 5% below national |
| 286 | Lima, OH | $97,880 | 5% below national |
| 287 | Johnstown, PA | $97,870 | 5% below national |
| 288 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $97,840 | 5% below national |
| 289 | Logan, UT-ID | $97,830 | 5% below national |
| 290 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $97,810 | 5% below national |
| 291 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $97,790 | 5% below national |
| 292 | Birmingham, AL | $97,750 | 5% below national |
| 293 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $97,750 | 5% below national |
| 294 | Pittsburgh, PA | $97,750 | 5% below national |
| 295 | Altoona, PA | $97,710 | 5% below national |
| 296 | Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | $97,710 | 5% below national |
| 297 | Decatur, AL | $97,600 | 5% below national |
| 298 | Hattiesburg, MS | $97,580 | 5% below national |
| 299 | Topeka, KS | $97,570 | 5% below national |
| 300 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $97,550 | 5% below national |
| 301 | Bozeman, MT | $97,400 | 5% below national |
| 302 | Wichita, KS | $97,400 | 5% below national |
| 303 | Springfield, MO | $97,270 | 5% below national |
| 304 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $97,260 | 5% below national |
| 305 | Hot Springs, AR | $97,260 | 5% below national |
| 306 | Bloomington, IL | $97,250 | 5% below national |
| 307 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $97,210 | 5% below national |
| 308 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $97,180 | 5% below national |
| 309 | Morristown, TN | $97,150 | 5% below national |
| 310 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $97,110 | 5% below national |
| 311 | Manhattan, KS | $97,110 | 5% below national |
| 312 | Valdosta, GA | $97,050 | 6% below national |
| 313 | Billings, MT | $97,020 | 6% below national |
| 314 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $96,960 | 6% below national |
| 315 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $96,940 | 6% below national |
| 316 | Evansville, IN | $96,820 | 6% below national |
| 317 | Duluth, MN-WI | $96,690 | 6% below national |
| 318 | Johnson City, TN | $96,660 | 6% below national |
| 319 | Jackson, TN | $96,610 | 6% below national |
| 320 | Bellingham, WA | $96,450 | 6% below national |
| 321 | Columbus, IN | $96,400 | 6% below national |
| 322 | Montgomery, AL | $96,360 | 6% below national |
| 323 | Tallahassee, FL | $96,180 | 6% below national |
| 324 | Glens Falls, NY | $96,170 | 6% below national |
| 325 | Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | $96,170 | 6% below national |
| 326 | Monroe, LA | $96,140 | 6% below national |
| 327 | Knoxville, TN | $96,110 | 6% below national |
| 328 | Morgantown, WV | $96,010 | 7% below national |
| 329 | Beckley, WV | $95,970 | 7% below national |
| 330 | Flint, MI | $95,960 | 7% below national |
| 331 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $95,800 | 7% below national |
| 332 | Mansfield, OH | $95,560 | 7% below national |
| 333 | Dothan, AL | $95,460 | 7% below national |
| 334 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | $95,310 | 7% below national |
| 335 | Jacksonville, NC | $95,190 | 7% below national |
| 336 | Erie, PA | $94,830 | 8% below national |
| 337 | Terre Haute, IN | $94,760 | 8% below national |
| 338 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $94,710 | 8% below national |
| 339 | Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | $94,550 | 8% below national |
| 340 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $94,520 | 8% below national |
| 341 | Bangor, ME | $94,510 | 8% below national |
| 342 | Iowa City, IA | $94,480 | 8% below national |
| 343 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | $94,400 | 8% below national |
| 344 | Mobile, AL | $94,280 | 8% below national |
| 345 | Ocala, FL | $94,130 | 8% below national |
| 346 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | $94,120 | 8% below national |
| 347 | Rapid City, SD | $94,120 | 8% below national |
| 348 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $94,020 | 9% below national |
| 349 | Bay City, MI | $93,450 | 9% below national |
| 350 | Wichita Falls, TX | $93,250 | 9% below national |
| 351 | Twin Falls, ID | $93,090 | 9% below national |
| 352 | Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $92,690 | 10% below national |
| 353 | Midland, MI | $92,620 | 10% below national |
| 354 | Idaho Falls, ID | $92,110 | 10% below national |
| 355 | Syracuse, NY | $92,080 | 10% below national |
| 356 | Gainesville, GA | $92,030 | 10% below national |
| 357 | Bowling Green, KY | $91,590 | 11% below national |
| 358 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $91,470 | 11% below national |
| 359 | Kingston, NY | $91,460 | 11% below national |
| 360 | Ames, IA | $90,610 | 12% below national |
| 361 | Goldsboro, NC | $89,210 | 13% below national |
| 362 | Lake Charles, LA | $88,900 | 13% below national |
| 363 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | $88,670 | 14% below national |
| 364 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | $87,200 | 15% below national |
| 365 | Grand Island, NE | $87,080 | 15% below national |
| 366 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $86,840 | 15% below national |
| 367 | Elmira, NY | $86,680 | 16% below national |
| 368 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | $86,120 | 16% below national |
| 369 | Utica-Rome, NY | $85,930 | 16% below national |
| 370 | Warner Robins, GA | $85,590 | 17% below national |
| 371 | Fargo, ND-MN | $85,330 | 17% below national |
| 372 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | $84,750 | 18% below national |
| 373 | Helena, MT | $84,390 | 18% below national |
| 374 | Lafayette, LA | $84,340 | 18% below national |
| 375 | Missoula, MT | $83,970 | 18% below national |
| 376 | Columbia, MO | $83,320 | 19% below national |
| 377 | Bismarck, ND | $83,280 | 19% below national |
| 378 | Owensboro, KY | $83,270 | 19% below national |
| 379 | Rochester, NY | $83,070 | 19% below national |
| 380 | Pocatello, ID | $82,680 | 20% below national |
| 381 | Great Falls, MT | $81,960 | 20% below national |
| 382 | Cleveland, TN | $79,230 | 23% below national |
| 383 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | $78,320 | 24% below national |
| 384 | Minot, ND | $78,180 | 24% below national |
| 385 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $60,990 | 41% below national |
| 386 | Mayaguez, PR | $59,540 | 42% below national |
| 387 | Aguadilla, PR | $59,340 | 42% below national |
| 388 | Ponce, PR | $58,820 | 43% below national |
| 389 | Arecibo, PR | $44,860 | 56% below national |
Same SOC major group
Other detailed occupations in SOC major group 29 (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations) - category peers, not a pay match.
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