Pay distribution $34,790 10th $49,640 25th $79,240 75th $82,220 90th
Half of Physical Therapist Assistants in the Trenton metro area earn more than $75,410 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,640 and $79,240.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $34,790 $49,640 $75,410 $79,240 $82,220 Hourly $16.72 $23.86 $36.25 $38.10 $39.53
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Trenton metro areathis metro area
$75,410 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $49,640 to $79,240
$78,440 median for New Jersey; middle half earns $72,900 to $83,200
$68,380 median for United States; middle half earns $59,820 to $78,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs New Jersey overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $28,350 $51,297 $74,243 $97,190 Ponce, PR — $28,350 Aguadilla, PR — $29,120 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,330 Mayaguez, PR — $30,950 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,080 Rapid City, SD — $50,010 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $51,000 Dubuque, IA — $51,640 Farmington, NM — $54,100 Pittsburgh, PA — $56,020 Dothan, AL — $56,150 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $56,630 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $57,790 Pocatello, ID — $57,870 Muncie, IN — $57,940 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $58,070 Johnstown, PA — $58,080 Iowa City, IA — $58,140 Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,180 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $58,190 Joplin, MO-KS — $58,240 Hattiesburg, MS — $58,610 Lincoln, NE — $58,650 Idaho Falls, ID — $58,690 Paducah, KY-IL — $58,720 State College, PA — $58,780 Oklahoma City, OK — $58,850 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,950 Bay City, MI — $58,970 Erie, PA — $59,120 Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,160 Rochester, NY — $59,190 Flint, MI — $59,210 Boulder, CO — $59,250 Beckley, WV — $59,400 Bloomington, IL — $59,590 Albuquerque, NM — $59,620 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,640 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $59,700 Greeley, CO — $59,780 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,830 Tulsa, OK — $59,910 Morgantown, WV — $59,920 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $59,930 Utica-Rome, NY — $59,970 Saginaw, MI — $60,050 Lebanon, PA — $60,180 Eau Claire, WI — $60,210 Manhattan, KS — $60,210 Wausau, WI — $60,250 Binghamton, NY — $60,280 Knoxville, TN — $60,280 St. George, UT — $60,350 Lima, OH — $60,420 Williamsport, PA — $60,480 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $60,520 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,530 Elizabethtown, KY — $60,560 Sandusky, OH — $60,610 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,740 Lafayette, LA — $60,760 Huntsville, AL — $60,870 Grand Island, NE — $60,880 Ogden, UT — $60,880 Montgomery, AL — $60,910 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $60,930 Mansfield, OH — $60,940 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $60,940 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $60,970 Jackson, TN — $60,980 Jackson, MI — $60,990 Syracuse, NY — $61,010 Bangor, ME — $61,090 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,110 Peoria, IL — $61,120 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,130 Columbus, IN — $61,140 Ann Arbor, MI — $61,200 Las Cruces, NM — $61,220 Jefferson City, MO — $61,250 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $61,270 Traverse City, MI — $61,290 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,320 Boise City, ID — $61,350 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,360 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $61,420 Springfield, MO — $61,420 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,430 Mobile, AL — $61,430 Bloomington, IN — $61,460 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $61,510 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $61,560 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,560 Hammond, LA — $61,590 Yuma, AZ — $61,610 Altoona, PA — $61,670 Glens Falls, NY — $61,740 Jacksonville, NC — $61,780 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,820 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,830 Evansville, IN — $61,860 Great Falls, MT — $61,900 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $61,910 Lancaster, PA — $61,950 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,030 Ames, IA — $62,040 Jackson, MS — $62,100 Casper, WY — $62,110 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,220 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,270 Twin Falls, ID — $62,270 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,330 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $62,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,360 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,360 Birmingham, AL — $62,380 Warner Robins, GA — $62,400 York-Hanover, PA — $62,400 Columbus, GA-AL — $62,410 Bend, OR — $62,490 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,510 Alexandria, LA — $62,530 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $62,620 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $62,670 Jonesboro, AR — $62,700 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,730 Bowling Green, KY — $62,740 Decatur, AL — $62,810 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $62,850 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,860 Owensboro, KY — $62,860 Billings, MT — $62,870 Wichita, KS — $62,900 Columbia, SC — $62,920 Cheyenne, WY — $63,010 Charleston, WV — $63,020 Akron, OH — $63,050 Logan, UT-ID — $63,120 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,180 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $63,210 Hot Springs, AR — $63,280 Madison, WI — $63,380 Toledo, OH — $63,450 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,470 Columbia, MO — $63,540 Green Bay, WI — $63,590 Savannah, GA — $63,600 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $63,800 Canton-Massillon, OH — $63,820 Asheville, NC — $63,860 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $63,860 Greenville, NC — $63,900 Morristown, TN — $63,940 Rockford, IL — $64,040 Tuscaloosa, AL — $64,040 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,050 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $64,110 St. Cloud, MN — $64,120 Appleton, WI — $64,240 Monroe, LA — $64,250 Topeka, KS — $64,250 Johnson City, TN — $64,270 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $64,270 Cleveland, TN — $64,290 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $64,380 Laredo, TX — $64,500 Fayetteville, NC — $64,520 Lake Charles, LA — $64,550 Ocala, FL — $64,580 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $64,610 Lawton, OK — $64,660 Winston-Salem, NC — $64,660 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $64,720 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $64,740 Cleveland, OH — $64,800 Springfield, OH — $64,860 Duluth, MN-WI — $64,900 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,930 Kenosha, WI — $64,940 Kankakee, IL — $64,960 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $64,990 Gainesville, GA — $65,040 Gadsden, AL — $65,060 Tallahassee, FL — $65,110 Grand Junction, CO — $65,140 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $65,170 Decatur, IL — $65,210 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $65,220 Rocky Mount, NC — $65,220 Tucson, AZ — $65,220 Wheeling, WV-OH — $65,280 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $65,320 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,450 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $65,480 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $65,510 Kansas City, MO-KS — $65,580 Colorado Springs, CO — $65,620 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $65,630 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,650 St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,820 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $65,910 Pueblo, CO — $65,970 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $65,980 Port St. Lucie, FL — $66,080 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $66,090 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $66,300 Battle Creek, MI — $66,310 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $66,320 Springfield, IL — $66,390 Bellingham, WA — $66,450 Urban Honolulu, HI — $66,500 Baton Rouge, LA — $66,510 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $66,540 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $66,550 Dalton, GA — $66,650 Terre Haute, IN — $66,760 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $66,810 Punta Gorda, FL — $66,820 Salem, OR — $67,090 Portland-South Portland, ME — $67,140 Roanoke, VA — $67,140 Chambersburg, PA — $67,190 Jacksonville, FL — $67,460 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $67,720 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $67,890 Homosassa Springs, FL — $68,030 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $68,070 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $68,190 Gainesville, FL — $68,230 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $68,330 Valdosta, GA — $68,470 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $68,520 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $68,700 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $69,050 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $69,140 Goldsboro, NC — $69,150 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $69,380 Columbus, OH — $69,480 Reading, PA — $69,530 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $69,790 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $69,900 Pittsfield, MA — $70,140 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $70,170 Santa Fe, NM — $70,200 Odessa, TX — $70,470 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $70,480 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $70,720 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $71,100 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $71,110 El Paso, TX — $71,140 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $71,440 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $71,540 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $71,540 Rome, GA — $71,680 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $72,150 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $72,230 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $72,500 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $72,520 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $72,530 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $72,600 Lubbock, TX — $72,740 Amarillo, TX — $72,750 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $72,980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $73,000 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $73,020 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $73,100 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,300 Victoria, TX — $73,310 Sebring, FL — $73,410 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $73,440 Texarkana, TX-AR — $73,560 Winchester, VA-WV — $73,570 Rochester, MN — $73,580 Yuba City, CA — $73,580 Richmond, VA — $73,640 Flagstaff, AZ — $73,710 Corpus Christi, TX — $73,920 Springfield, MA — $73,930 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $73,970 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $73,980 Charlottesville, VA — $74,010 Yakima, WA — $74,100 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $74,140 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $74,250 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,510 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $74,690 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $74,730 College Station-Bryan, TX — $74,980 Salisbury, MD — $75,370 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $75,410 Lynchburg, VA — $75,420 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $75,420 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $75,520 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $75,570 Dover, DE — $75,580 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,620 Tyler, TX — $75,670 Sherman-Denison, TX — $75,800 Wilmington, NC — $75,820 Florence, SC — $75,920 Burlington, NC — $76,010 Abilene, TX — $76,090 Killeen-Temple, TX — $76,140 New Haven, CT — $76,140 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $76,190 Medford, OR — $76,340 Waco, TX — $76,340 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $76,380 Lexington Park, MD — $76,530 Chico, CA — $76,580 Longview, TX — $76,680 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $76,690 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $76,830 Worcester, MA — $76,900 Fresno, CA — $77,000 Reno, NV — $77,200 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $77,280 Anchorage, AK — $77,570 Redding, CA — $77,740 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $77,830 San Angelo, TX — $78,200 Wichita Falls, TX — $78,310 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $78,790 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $78,990 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $79,210 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $79,250 Visalia, CA — $79,440 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,480 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $79,590 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,790 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $80,370 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $80,430 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $81,310 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $82,140 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $82,160 Midland, TX — $82,620 Modesto, CA — $83,450 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $84,100 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $84,290 Salinas, CA — $84,850 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $84,930 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $85,150 Vallejo, CA — $86,630 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $87,300 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $87,330 Spartanburg, SC — $88,070 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $95,920 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $97,190 Trenton metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Trenton metro area has the 59th-highest published median for this occupation among the 348 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New Jersey Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physical therapist assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Trenton metro areathis page
$75,410 median for Trenton metro area; middle half earns $49,640 to $79,240
$73,440 median for Atlantic City metro area; middle half earns $65,860 to $77,240
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .