Physical Therapist Aides · SOC 31-2022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Physical Therapist Aidess

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for physical therapist aides. 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 182 metro areas

Physical Therapist Aides: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Abilene, TX	$49,790	70	0.9
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,460	400	0.2
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,440	680	0.3
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$43,300	330	0.3
5	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$42,520	150	0.1
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$42,230	80	0.0
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$40,460	50	0.2
8	Fresno, CA	$40,350	240	0.5
9	Toledo, OH	$40,160	30	0.1
10	Columbus, OH	$39,990	250	0.2
11	Madison, WI	$39,420	90	0.2
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$39,210	100	1.0
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$38,980	330	0.3
14	Anchorage, AK	$38,930	70	0.4
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$38,810	340	0.4
16	Salinas, CA	$38,810	60	0.3
17	Pittsburgh, PA	$38,740	180	0.2
18	Worcester, MA	$38,710	90	0.3
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$38,440	740	0.4
20	Chico, CA	$38,230	30	0.4
21	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$38,050	310	0.3
22	Cleveland, OH	$38,030	130	0.1
23	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,850	760	0.5
24	Portland-South Portland, ME	$37,720	40	0.1
25	Visalia, CA	$37,700	80	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Physical Therapist Aides 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.