Highest-paying Cities for Physical Therapist Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for physical therapist assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of physical therapist assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $95,220, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for physical therapist assistants. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $88,610). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of physical therapist assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Physical Therapist Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$95,220	$72,600	260
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$88,610	$65,290	960
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$82,110	$60,840	840
4	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$81,580	$61,000	430
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$81,300	$33,910	70
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$80,590	$34,670	3,040
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$80,270	$39,690	50
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$79,530	$52,980	70
9	Midland, Texas	$79,440	$49,300	50
10	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$78,520	$45,590	80
11	Salinas, California	$78,360	$31,520	60
12	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$78,350	$50,440	60
13	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,320	$46,660	720
14	Yuba City, California	$78,180	$55,970	50
15	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$78,120	$35,420	2,070
16	Stockton, California	$78,020	$37,130	100
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$77,900	$35,250	40
18	Laredo, Texas	$77,590	$48,670	100
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$77,500	$32,230	250
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$77,100	$30,430	60
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,090	$62,440	830
22	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$77,080	$52,200	1,650
23	Chico, California	$76,200	$49,360	40
24	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$76,160	$51,050	110
25	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$75,930	$58,030	80
26	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$75,930	$32,880	110
27	Fresno, California	$75,500	$36,400	210
28	Visalia-Porterville, California	$75,330	$56,150	80
29	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$75,100	$44,810	850
30	Lubbock, Texas	$74,770	$50,270	140
31	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$74,610	$53,790	40
32	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$74,560	$34,380	70
33	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$74,130	$48,800	110
34	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$73,850	$30,940	40
35	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$73,760	$50,730	90
36	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,660	$50,860	80
37	New Haven, Connecticut	$73,410	$47,440	140
38	Longview, Texas	$73,280	$31,130	100
39	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$73,060	$31,460	1,740
40	Modesto, California	$72,990	$32,310	150
41	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,800	$56,800	1,330
42	Merced, California	$72,610	$29,390	40
43	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$72,560	$45,630	230
44	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,540	$59,560	40
45	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$72,200	$35,850	120
46	Savannah, Georgia	$72,120	$46,910	140
47	Tyler, Texas	$72,080	$51,540	120
48	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$71,830	$49,090	80
49	Dalton, Georgia	$71,770	$56,950	120
50	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$71,760	$62,020	60
51	Waterbury, Connecticut	$71,680	$58,970	40
52	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$71,650	$52,000	260
53	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$71,650	$56,280	300
54	Albany, Georgia	$71,020	$52,420	60
55	Redding, California	$70,950	$31,410	70
56	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$70,760	$49,410	120
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$70,740	$40,950	1,130
58	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$70,400	$48,970	200
59	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$70,240	$55,030	60
60	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$70,010	$52,000	170
61	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$69,980	$51,140	100
62	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$69,970	$32,540	730
63	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$69,900	$52,910	330
64	Wichita Falls, Texas	$69,480	$36,820	50
65	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$69,480	$49,350	110
66	Amarillo, Texas	$69,350	$30,800	130
67	Sandusky, Ohio	$69,070	$45,570	30
68	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$68,930	$54,310	3,720
69	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$68,870	$60,450	50
70	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$68,500	$49,200	120
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$68,480	$42,350	1,900
72	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$68,440	$48,020	300
73	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$68,140	$26,690	40
74	Abilene, Texas	$68,070	$51,100	40
75	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$67,550	$37,920	80
76	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$67,410	$38,710	140
77	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$67,300	$48,180	110
78	Prescott, Arizona	$67,280	$57,180	40
79	Springfield, Massachusetts	$67,120	$59,070	220
80	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$67,070	$54,700	70
81	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$67,060	$29,120	980
82	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$66,990	$51,160	3,230
83	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$66,900	$51,050	860
84	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,850	$48,050	1,120
85	Gadsden, Alabama	$66,840	$46,540	100
86	St George, Utah	$66,760	$54,410	70
87	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$66,670	$32,900	30
88	Odessa, Texas	$66,610	$55,070	50
89	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$66,600	$48,860	150
90	Dover, Delaware	$66,560	$30,580	50
91	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$66,540	$52,410	100
92	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$66,430	$49,500	420
93	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$66,430	$57,280	50
94	Charleston, West Virginia	$66,350	$40,670	90
95	Victoria, Texas	$66,330	$42,490	90
96	Corpus Christi, Texas	$66,140	$48,550	200
97	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$66,130	$44,870	100
98	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$65,860	$29,010	1,400
99	Camden, New Jersey	$65,850	$52,980	160
100	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$65,640	$42,520	800

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for physical therapist assistants.