The annual salary statistics of physical therapist assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physical therapist assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $50,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,060 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $73,660 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $90,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physical therapist assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $90,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,860.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physical therapist assistants from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $73,660 | 1.26% | 15.65% |
| 2016 | $72,730 | 5.36% | - |
| 2015 | $68,830 | 0.67% | - |
| 2014 | $68,370 | 3.45% | - |
| 2013 | $66,010 | 5.88% | - |
| 2012 | $62,130 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $73,660 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for physical therapist assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physical therapist assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 22.6 percent (22.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 26.5 percent (26.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.