SOC 31-2022 · Healthcare Support Occupations

Physical Therapist Aides

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$35,240

U.S. median hourly wage$16.94

U.S. employment48,150

Nationally, physical therapist aides earned a median of $35,240 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 48,150 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Physical Therapist Aides: pay and employment by state
State
Alaska	$55,760	$26.81	110	0.3
Minnesota	$42,330	$20.35	150	0.1
Colorado	$41,970	$20.18	360	0.1
New Hampshire	$40,460	$19.45	130	0.2
Maine	$39,660	$19.07	90	0.1
Washington	$39,500	$18.99	760	0.2
District of Columbia	$38,950	$18.72	30	0.0
Montana	$38,950	$18.73	110	0.2
California	$38,330	$18.43	7,330	0.4
North Dakota	$37,680	$18.11	120	0.3
Massachusetts	$37,440	$18.00	1,020	0.3
Ohio	$37,220	$17.89	760	0.1
Wisconsin	$36,820	$17.70	840	0.3
Illinois	$36,650	$17.62	680	0.1
Oregon	$36,060	$17.34	1,090	0.6
Connecticut	$35,770	$17.20	520	0.3
Pennsylvania	$35,520	$17.08	1,200	0.2
Kentucky	$35,490	$17.06	160	0.1
New York	$35,380	$17.01	4,950	0.5
Arizona	$35,260	$16.95	1,340	0.4
Florida	$35,140	$16.90	1,210	0.1
Indiana	$35,100	$16.88	860	0.3
West Virginia	$34,840	$16.75	170	0.2
Maryland	$34,780	$16.72	830	0.3
North Carolina	$34,760	$16.71	1,050	0.2
New Jersey	$34,430	$16.55	2,230	0.5
Delaware	$34,060	$16.38	300	0.6
Hawaii	$33,810	$16.25	60	0.1
Virginia	$33,390	$16.05	1,260	0.3
South Carolina	$33,280	$16.00	370	0.2
New Mexico	$31,990	$15.38	240	0.3
Nevada	$31,970	$15.37	900	0.6
Texas	$31,590	$15.19	5,710	0.4
South Dakota	$31,330	$15.06	70	0.2
Rhode Island	$31,200	$15.00	280	0.6
Georgia	$30,550	$14.69	1,200	0.2
Wyoming	$30,470	$14.65	240	0.9
Tennessee	$30,320	$14.58	710	0.2
Arkansas	$29,450	$14.16	160	0.1
Michigan	$29,350	$14.11	1,810	0.4
Missouri	$29,250	$14.06	750	0.3
Utah	$29,150	$14.02	1,130	0.7
Iowa	$29,120	$14.00	390	0.3
Idaho	$28,660	$13.78	540	0.6
Nebraska	$28,080	$13.50	670	0.7
Oklahoma	$27,630	$13.28	370	0.2
Mississippi	$27,370	$13.16	270	0.2
Alabama	$27,290	$13.12	750	0.4
Kansas	$25,280	$12.15	440	0.3
Louisiana	$22,460	$10.80	1,380	0.7

Pay by metro area

All 182 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

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Physical Therapist Aides: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Abilene, TX	$49,790	$23.94	70	0.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,460	$22.34	400	0.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,440	$21.36	680	0.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$43,300	$20.82	330	0.3
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$42,520	$20.44	150	0.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$42,230	$20.31	80	0.0
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$40,460	$19.45	50	0.2
Fresno, CA	$40,350	$19.40	240	0.5
Toledo, OH	$40,160	$19.31	30	0.1
Columbus, OH	$39,990	$19.22	250	0.2
Madison, WI	$39,420	$18.95	90	0.2
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$39,210	$18.85	100	1.0
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$38,980	$18.74	330	0.3
Anchorage, AK	$38,930	$18.72	70	0.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$38,810	$18.66	340	0.4
Salinas, CA	$38,810	$18.66	60	0.3
Pittsburgh, PA	$38,740	$18.63	180	0.2
Worcester, MA	$38,710	$18.61	90	0.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$38,440	$18.48	740	0.4
Chico, CA	$38,230	$18.38	30	0.4
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$38,050	$18.30	310	0.3
Cleveland, OH	$38,030	$18.29	130	0.1
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,850	$18.20	760	0.5
Portland-South Portland, ME	$37,720	$18.14	40	0.1
Visalia, CA	$37,700	$18.12	80	0.5
Fargo, ND-MN	$37,680	$18.11	50	0.3
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$37,630	$18.09	50	0.2
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$37,620	$18.09	60	0.3
Winston-Salem, NC	$37,610	$18.08	60	0.2
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$37,580	$18.07	70	0.2
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$37,440	$18.00	840	0.3
Boulder, CO	$37,440	$18.00	40	0.2
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,280	$17.92	2,720	0.4
Vallejo, CA	$37,270	$17.92	30	0.2
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$37,250	$17.91	30	0.1
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$37,130	$17.85	40	0.4
Midland, TX	$37,020	$17.80	50	0.4
Gainesville, FL	$36,830	$17.71	50	0.3
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$36,790	$17.69	120	0.6
Akron, OH	$36,750	$17.67	40	0.1
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$36,730	$17.66	550	0.1
Modesto, CA	$36,640	$17.62	80	0.4
Tucson, AZ	$36,550	$17.57	110	0.3
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$36,380	$17.49	100	0.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$36,240	$17.43	290	0.9
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$36,230	$17.42	100	0.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$36,200	$17.40	590	0.5
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$36,190	$17.40	40	0.1
Jacksonville, FL	$36,110	$17.36	90	0.1
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$36,080	$17.35	160	0.4
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$36,070	$17.34	60	0.2
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$35,920	$17.27	40	0.1
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$35,880	$17.25	90	0.7
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$35,870	$17.25	190	0.4
Merced, CA	$35,870	$17.25	50	0.6
New Haven, CT	$35,830	$17.23	90	0.3
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$35,780	$17.20	150	0.1
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$35,770	$17.20	170	0.3
Columbia, SC	$35,740	$17.18	70	0.2
Bend, OR	$35,730	$17.18	100	0.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$35,570	$17.10	990	0.2
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$35,490	$17.06	40	0.1
Salem, OR	$35,430	$17.03	140	0.8
Asheville, NC	$35,420	$17.03	60	0.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$35,410	$17.02	170	0.1
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$35,370	$17.00	170	0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$35,320	$16.98	6,030	0.6
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$35,220	$16.93	90	0.3
Rochester, NY	$35,200	$16.92	60	0.1
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$35,180	$16.91	410	0.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$35,010	$16.83	1,070	0.5
Redding, CA	$35,010	$16.83	80	1.1
Medford, OR	$34,870	$16.77	50	0.5
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$34,790	$16.72	60	0.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$34,780	$16.72	700	0.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$34,760	$16.71	40	0.3
Springfield, MO	$34,720	$16.69	70	0.3
Springfield, MA	$34,700	$16.68	30	0.2
Kenosha, WI	$34,650	$16.66	40	0.5
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$34,530	$16.60	80	0.2
Port St. Lucie, FL	$34,320	$16.50	30	0.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$34,280	$16.48	270	0.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$34,270	$16.47	320	0.1
Corvallis, OR	$34,230	$16.46	30	0.8
Fayetteville, NC	$34,200	$16.44	50	0.4
Eugene-Springfield, OR	$34,160	$16.42	70	0.5
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$34,110	$16.40	60	0.2
Dover, DE	$33,920	$16.31	60	0.8
Richmond, VA	$33,860	$16.28	250	0.4
Charlottesville, VA	$33,850	$16.27	60	0.5
Urban Honolulu, HI	$33,810	$16.25	Not published	Not published
Ann Arbor, MI	$33,790	$16.24	70	0.3
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$33,600	$16.16	30	0.5
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$33,580	$16.15	100	0.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$33,570	$16.14	720	0.3
Idaho Falls, ID	$33,280	$16.00	70	0.8
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$33,180	$15.95	50	0.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$33,060	$15.89	1,280	0.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$32,780	$15.76	140	0.2
Texarkana, TX-AR	$32,770	$15.76	60	1.0
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$32,240	$15.50	Not published	Not published
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$32,240	$15.50	990	0.3
Syracuse, NY	$32,240	$15.50	60	0.2
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$32,220	$15.49	60	0.2
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$32,130	$15.45	250	0.2
Tallahassee, FL	$32,050	$15.41	30	0.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$31,980	$15.37	650	0.6
Tuscaloosa, AL	$31,900	$15.34	70	0.7
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$31,840	$15.31	50	0.2
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$31,730	$15.26	360	0.6
Colorado Springs, CO	$31,520	$15.16	60	0.2
Wilmington, NC	$31,510	$15.15	80	0.4
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$31,200	$15.00	60	0.1
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$31,200	$15.00	320	0.5
Omaha, NE-IA	$31,000	$14.90	300	0.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$30,900	$14.85	200	0.2
Cheyenne, WY	$30,700	$14.76	50	1.0
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$30,590	$14.71	50	0.3
Reno, NV	$30,560	$14.69	170	0.6
Rome, GA	$30,480	$14.66	50	1.1
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$30,370	$14.60	90	0.1
Knoxville, TN	$30,200	$14.52	120	0.3
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$30,040	$14.44	400	0.5
Killeen-Temple, TX	$29,970	$14.41	120	0.8
Fort Wayne, IN	$29,930	$14.39	50	0.2
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$29,910	$14.38	60	0.3
Las Cruces, NM	$29,800	$14.33	60	0.7
Casper, WY	$29,730	$14.29	30	0.8
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$29,730	$14.29	50	0.4
Waco, TX	$29,660	$14.26	40	0.3
Coeur d'Alene, ID	$29,430	$14.15	60	0.9
St. Louis, MO-IL	$29,250	$14.06	480	0.4
St. George, UT	$29,240	$14.06	60	0.7
Columbia, MO	$29,130	$14.01	40	0.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$29,120	$14.00	100	0.3
Evansville, IN	$29,120	$14.00	100	0.7
Corpus Christi, TX	$29,080	$13.98	190	1.0
Jackson, MS	$28,980	$13.94	50	0.2
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$28,850	$13.87	260	0.9
Logan, UT-ID	$28,730	$13.81	80	1.1
Wichita Falls, TX	$28,690	$13.80	40	0.8
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$28,610	$13.75	110	0.4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$28,570	$13.74	800	0.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$28,520	$13.71	80	0.3
Pocatello, ID	$28,520	$13.71	40	1.1
Boise City, ID	$28,430	$13.67	160	0.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$28,410	$13.66	550	0.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$28,200	$13.56	70	0.4
Lincoln, NE	$28,080	$13.50	140	0.8
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$27,920	$13.42	40	0.3
Ogden, UT	$27,920	$13.42	250	0.9
Tulsa, OK	$27,870	$13.40	60	0.1
Iowa City, IA	$27,700	$13.32	30	0.4
Lubbock, TX	$27,620	$13.28	170	1.0
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$27,370	$13.16	100	0.7
Traverse City, MI	$27,370	$13.16	60	0.9
Savannah, GA	$27,220	$13.09	40	0.2
Flint, MI	$27,100	$13.03	60	0.4
Amarillo, TX	$26,930	$12.95	60	0.5
Odessa, TX	$26,870	$12.92	40	0.6
Montgomery, AL	$26,800	$12.89	50	0.3
Twin Falls, ID	$26,740	$12.86	40	0.9
Birmingham, AL	$26,530	$12.76	230	0.4
Huntsville, AL	$26,440	$12.71	100	0.4
Oklahoma City, OK	$26,430	$12.71	160	0.2
College Station-Bryan, TX	$26,420	$12.70	60	0.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$26,410	$12.70	270	0.6
Mobile, AL	$25,690	$12.35	40	0.3
Dothan, AL	$25,360	$12.19	40	0.6
El Paso, TX	$25,300	$12.16	200	0.6
Kansas City, MO-KS	$25,280	$12.15	280	0.3
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$24,590	$11.82	90	1.0
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$23,750	$11.42	60	0.4
Wichita, KS	$23,120	$11.12	Not published	Not published
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$23,040	$11.08	180	0.6
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$23,010	$11.06	90	1.1
Laredo, TX	$22,790	$10.96	30	0.3
Monroe, LA	$22,170	$10.66	70	0.8
Lafayette, LA	$22,150	$10.65	100	0.6
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$22,120	$10.63	80	0.5
Baton Rouge, LA	$21,910	$10.54	320	0.8
Johnson City, TN	$20,140	$9.68	40	0.5

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.