Highest-paying Cities for Physical Therapists

The top 100 highest paying cities for physical therapists (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 therapists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $134,520, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for physical therapists. It is followed by Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California (average annual salary $129,830). 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 therapists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$134,520	$99,800	1,380
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$129,830	$93,250	240
3	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$129,140	$71,530	40
4	Napa, California	$128,210	$97,290	70
5	Modesto, California	$126,230	$77,890	390
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$125,250	$83,990	1,520
7	Chico, California	$125,100	$78,680	140
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$124,500	$93,930	3,340
9	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$119,850	$83,890	70
10	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$118,070	$87,460	230
11	Salinas, California	$111,350	$84,200	170
12	Merced, California	$109,850	$78,950	60
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$108,830	$74,080	1,010
14	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$108,810	$82,070	100
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$108,300	$81,190	160
16	Walla Walla, Washington	$108,150	$78,630	60
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$108,020	$82,050	540
18	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$107,850	$82,210	270
19	Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$107,650	$70,190	70
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$107,610	$94,880	120
21	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$107,010	$77,770	100
22	El Centro, California	$106,410	$75,960	40
23	Corvallis, Oregon	$106,200	$77,720	100
24	Stockton, California	$105,890	$81,900	270
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$105,680	$79,030	840
26	Fresno, California	$105,570	$77,370	550
27	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$105,490	$77,350	100
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$105,490	$83,060	2,150
29	Yuba City, California	$105,420	$70,610	90
30	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$105,270	$77,760	270
31	Gainesville, Georgia	$104,900	$76,640	100
32	Carson City, Nevada	$104,790	$85,190	50
33	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$104,710	$59,700	150
34	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$104,670	$79,760	1,890
35	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$104,520	$66,500	100
36	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$104,480	$78,910	110
37	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$103,900	$73,950	110
38	Waterbury, Connecticut	$103,730	$76,820	150
39	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$103,680	$85,100	90
40	Enid, Oklahoma	$103,560	$42,710	30
41	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$103,500	$77,830	220
42	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$103,440	$77,640	3,320
43	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$103,290	$76,830	1,150
44	Lawton, Oklahoma	$103,170	$61,260	40
45	Odessa, Texas	$103,070	$74,110	70
46	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$102,940	$75,870	270
47	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$102,900	$79,040	15,530
48	Longview, Washington	$102,850	$80,430	40
49	Olympia, Washington	$102,840	$78,590	170
50	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$102,830	$78,460	2,660
51	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$102,780	$76,440	140
52	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$102,750	$71,080	130
53	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$102,720	$72,210	160
54	Danbury, Connecticut	$102,630	$76,580	180
55	New Haven, Connecticut	$102,570	$77,330	720
56	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$102,510	$74,270	250
57	Decatur, Alabama	$102,420	$59,870	50
58	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$102,400	$73,230	60
59	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$102,340	$60,450	250
60	Fairbanks, Alaska	$102,270	$66,130	80
61	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$102,210	$73,590	4,190
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$102,150	$74,270	9,000
63	Brunswick, Georgia	$102,140	$60,570	40
64	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$102,020	$38,780	80
65	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$102,020	$81,040	480
66	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$102,010	$77,480	90
67	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$101,980	$44,210	1,160
68	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$101,970	$78,170	6,120
69	Greenville, North Carolina	$101,910	$69,810	180
70	Warner Robins, Georgia	$101,860	$77,220	110
71	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$101,840	$64,070	7,640
72	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$101,770	$74,040	180
73	Visalia-Porterville, California	$101,600	$78,360	190
74	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$101,590	$78,310	3,150
75	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$101,590	$81,760	810
76	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$101,430	$77,480	120
77	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$101,300	$74,800	30
78	Midland, Texas	$101,230	$72,780	80
79	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$101,230	$73,530	110
80	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$101,220	$77,520	1,650
81	Redding, California	$101,180	$77,830	110
82	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$101,040	$63,380	940
83	Huntsville, Alabama	$101,030	$60,290	230
84	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$101,010	$70,990	40
85	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$100,930	$67,980	50
86	Corpus Christi, Texas	$100,930	$75,320	300
87	Albany, Georgia	$100,880	$72,090	60
88	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$100,870	$76,780	230
89	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$100,730	$69,660	370
90	Longview, Texas	$100,710	$74,550	140
91	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$100,690	$71,500	5,120
92	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$100,670	$73,740	80
93	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$100,670	$64,810	90
94	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$100,640	$58,390	210
95	Columbus, Ohio	$100,550	$78,050	1,580
96	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$100,480	$79,410	110
97	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$100,450	$67,540	170
98	Springfield, Illinois	$100,350	$74,930	200
99	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$100,330	$75,870	230
100	Prescott, Arizona	$100,330	$63,960	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for physical therapists.