Exercise Physiologists · SOC 29-1128

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Exercise Physiologistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for exercise physiologists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 54 metro areas

Exercise Physiologists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$84,300	100	0.0
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$79,840	Not published	Not published
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$74,380	50	0.0
4	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$72,760	260	0.2
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$68,560	180	0.1
6	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$66,210	180	0.1
7	Madison, WI	$66,100	50	0.1
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$66,060	30	0.0
9	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$64,610	40	0.0
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$64,170	150	0.1
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$63,960	40	0.0
12	Richmond, VA	$63,840	60	0.1
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$63,730	Not published	Not published
14	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$63,570	220	0.0
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$63,480	90	0.0
16	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$62,680	90	0.0
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$62,670	30	0.1
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$62,440	Not published	Not published
19	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$62,200	60	0.0
20	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$61,640	90	0.1
21	Kansas City, MO-KS	$61,600	70	0.1
22	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$61,510	40	0.0
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$61,430	40	0.0
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,380	330	0.0
25	Ogden, UT	$61,170	40	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Exercise Physiologists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.