Pay distribution $104,000 10th $123,130 25th $165,170 75th $171,560 90th
Half of Physical Therapists in the San Jose metro area earn more than $139,000 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $123,130 and $165,170.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $104,000 $123,130 $139,000 $165,170 $171,560 Hourly $50.00 $59.20 $66.83 $79.41 $82.48
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 San Jose metro areathis metro area
$139,000 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $123,130 to $165,170
$124,190 median for California; middle half earns $100,790 to $141,260
$102,760 median for United States; middle half earns $86,160 to $121,160
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +35% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $44,860 $77,233 $109,607 $141,980 Arecibo, PR — $44,860 Ponce, PR — $58,820 Aguadilla, PR — $59,340 Mayaguez, PR — $59,540 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $60,990 Minot, ND — $78,180 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $78,320 Cleveland, TN — $79,230 Great Falls, MT — $81,960 Pocatello, ID — $82,680 Rochester, NY — $83,070 Owensboro, KY — $83,270 Bismarck, ND — $83,280 Columbia, MO — $83,320 Missoula, MT — $83,970 Lafayette, LA — $84,340 Helena, MT — $84,390 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $84,750 Fargo, ND-MN — $85,330 Warner Robins, GA — $85,590 Utica-Rome, NY — $85,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $86,120 Elmira, NY — $86,680 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $86,840 Grand Island, NE — $87,080 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $87,200 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $88,670 Lake Charles, LA — $88,900 Goldsboro, NC — $89,210 Ames, IA — $90,610 Kingston, NY — $91,460 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $91,470 Bowling Green, KY — $91,590 Gainesville, GA — $92,030 Syracuse, NY — $92,080 Idaho Falls, ID — $92,110 Midland, MI — $92,620 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $92,690 Twin Falls, ID — $93,090 Wichita Falls, TX — $93,250 Bay City, MI — $93,450 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $94,020 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $94,120 Rapid City, SD — $94,120 Ocala, FL — $94,130 Mobile, AL — $94,280 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $94,400 Iowa City, IA — $94,480 Bangor, ME — $94,510 Cedar Rapids, IA — $94,520 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $94,550 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $94,710 Terre Haute, IN — $94,760 Erie, PA — $94,830 Jacksonville, NC — $95,190 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $95,310 Dothan, AL — $95,460 Mansfield, OH — $95,560 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $95,800 Flint, MI — $95,960 Beckley, WV — $95,970 Morgantown, WV — $96,010 Knoxville, TN — $96,110 Monroe, LA — $96,140 Glens Falls, NY — $96,170 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $96,170 Tallahassee, FL — $96,180 Montgomery, AL — $96,360 Columbus, IN — $96,400 Bellingham, WA — $96,450 Jackson, TN — $96,610 Johnson City, TN — $96,660 Duluth, MN-WI — $96,690 Evansville, IN — $96,820 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $96,940 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $96,960 Billings, MT — $97,020 Valdosta, GA — $97,050 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,110 Manhattan, KS — $97,110 Morristown, TN — $97,150 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $97,180 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $97,210 Bloomington, IL — $97,250 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $97,260 Hot Springs, AR — $97,260 Springfield, MO — $97,270 Bozeman, MT — $97,400 Wichita, KS — $97,400 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $97,550 Topeka, KS — $97,570 Hattiesburg, MS — $97,580 Decatur, AL — $97,600 Altoona, PA — $97,710 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $97,710 Birmingham, AL — $97,750 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $97,750 Pittsburgh, PA — $97,750 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $97,790 Clarksville, TN-KY — $97,810 Logan, UT-ID — $97,830 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $97,840 Johnstown, PA — $97,870 Lima, OH — $97,880 Colorado Springs, CO — $97,900 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $97,920 Greenville, NC — $98,020 Jefferson City, MO — $98,070 Killeen-Temple, TX — $98,120 Albany, GA — $98,190 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $98,220 Dover, DE — $98,260 Farmington, NM — $98,260 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $98,270 Columbus, GA-AL — $98,300 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $98,300 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $98,340 Kokomo, IN — $98,350 Sebring, FL — $98,370 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $98,420 Fort Wayne, IN — $98,450 Medford, OR — $98,500 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $98,520 Lawton, OK — $98,590 Eau Claire, WI — $98,610 St. Cloud, MN — $98,660 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $98,690 Gainesville, FL — $98,700 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $98,730 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $98,740 Roanoke, VA — $98,770 Wilmington, NC — $98,770 Yuma, AZ — $98,790 Peoria, IL — $98,860 Corvallis, OR — $98,870 Casper, WY — $98,880 Baton Rouge, LA — $98,920 Hammond, LA — $98,930 State College, PA — $98,970 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $98,990 Laredo, TX — $99,000 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $99,100 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $99,120 Kenosha, WI — $99,160 Ogden, UT — $99,170 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $99,230 Pueblo, CO — $99,250 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $99,310 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $99,310 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $99,320 Paducah, KY-IL — $99,330 St. George, UT — $99,340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $99,410 Asheville, NC — $99,480 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $99,500 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $99,520 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $99,610 Lawrence, KS — $99,620 Omaha, NE-IA — $99,630 Binghamton, NY — $99,670 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,690 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $99,710 Oklahoma City, OK — $99,730 Huntsville, AL — $99,760 Kankakee, IL — $99,770 Lincoln, NE — $99,780 Bend, OR — $99,800 Columbia, SC — $99,840 Dubuque, IA — $99,840 Green Bay, WI — $99,850 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $99,900 Wausau, WI — $99,910 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $99,940 Salem, OR — $99,970 Canton-Massillon, OH — $99,980 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,000 Jonesboro, AR — $100,010 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $100,040 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $100,050 Boise City, ID — $100,120 Fayetteville, NC — $100,120 Fond du Lac, WI — $100,130 Rochester, MN — $100,140 Jacksonville, FL — $100,150 Joplin, MO-KS — $100,150 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $100,160 Greeley, CO — $100,170 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $100,230 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $100,240 Chambersburg, PA — $100,260 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $100,290 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $100,310 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $100,380 Waco, TX — $100,390 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $100,420 Sumter, SC — $100,520 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $100,530 St. Louis, MO-IL — $100,600 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $100,620 Flagstaff, AZ — $100,690 Harrisonburg, VA — $100,820 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $100,830 Tulsa, OK — $100,840 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $100,840 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $100,870 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $100,890 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $100,890 Savannah, GA — $100,920 Wheeling, WV-OH — $100,920 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,020 Punta Gorda, FL — $101,030 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $101,060 Burlington, NC — $101,120 Mankato, MN — $101,260 Kansas City, MO-KS — $101,270 Winston-Salem, NC — $101,270 Ithaca, NY — $101,290 Lubbock, TX — $101,310 Rockford, IL — $101,340 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $101,430 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $101,530 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $101,550 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $101,570 Traverse City, MI — $101,640 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $101,650 Urban Honolulu, HI — $101,700 Muncie, IN — $101,710 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $101,750 Cheyenne, WY — $101,760 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $101,860 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $101,870 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $101,870 Appleton, WI — $101,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $101,950 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $101,980 Lebanon, PA — $102,020 Grand Junction, CO — $102,160 York-Hanover, PA — $102,170 El Paso, TX — $102,190 Sandusky, OH — $102,210 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $102,260 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $102,340 Charlottesville, VA — $102,400 Tucson, AZ — $102,420 Boulder, CO — $102,430 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $102,430 Lynchburg, VA — $102,450 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $102,450 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $102,480 Monroe, MI — $102,510 Victoria, TX — $102,520 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $102,590 Winchester, VA-WV — $102,670 Akron, OH — $102,700 Richmond, VA — $102,700 Bloomington, IN — $102,750 Madison, WI — $102,810 Portland-South Portland, ME — $102,820 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $102,840 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $102,880 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,890 Abilene, TX — $102,920 Reading, PA — $102,950 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $102,960 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $102,970 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $102,980 Jackson, MS — $103,000 New Haven, CT — $103,000 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $103,030 Rocky Mount, NC — $103,030 San Angelo, TX — $103,070 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $103,220 Lancaster, PA — $103,240 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $103,260 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $103,330 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $103,330 Alexandria, LA — $103,380 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $103,380 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $103,440 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $103,440 Albuquerque, NM — $103,510 Homosassa Springs, FL — $103,510 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $103,550 Springfield, MA — $103,570 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $103,630 Rome, GA — $103,710 Charleston, WV — $103,760 Saginaw, MI — $103,760 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $103,770 Worcester, MA — $103,790 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $103,810 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $103,840 Gettysburg, PA — $103,890 Battle Creek, MI — $103,920 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $103,980 Jackson, MI — $104,000 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $104,000 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $104,020 Cleveland, OH — $104,030 Sheboygan, WI — $104,110 Elizabethtown, KY — $104,280 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $104,350 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $104,500 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $104,500 College Station-Bryan, TX — $104,580 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $104,750 Toledo, OH — $104,750 Springfield, OH — $104,870 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $105,050 Columbus, OH — $105,130 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $105,160 Visalia, CA — $105,210 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $105,230 Port St. Lucie, FL — $105,240 Williamsport, PA — $105,340 Vineland, NJ — $105,360 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $105,440 Texarkana, TX-AR — $105,580 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $105,720 Pittsfield, MA — $105,750 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $105,790 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $105,810 Yakima, WA — $105,950 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $106,010 Niles, MI — $106,020 Corpus Christi, TX — $106,080 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $106,250 Tuscaloosa, AL — $106,450 Grants Pass, OR — $106,550 Yuba City, CA — $106,600 Gadsden, AL — $106,720 Reno, NV — $106,840 Ann Arbor, MI — $106,980 Salisbury, MD — $107,290 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $107,290 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $107,350 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,650 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $107,700 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $107,780 Longview-Kelso, WA — $107,810 Redding, CA — $107,980 Barnstable Town, MA — $108,110 Florence, SC — $108,160 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $108,170 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $108,280 Tyler, TX — $108,380 Albany, OR — $108,720 Odessa, TX — $109,690 Dalton, GA — $109,710 Amarillo, TX — $109,800 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $110,620 Sherman-Denison, TX — $110,750 Lexington Park, MD — $111,780 Spartanburg, SC — $111,860 Anchorage, AK — $112,590 Enid, OK — $113,190 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $113,510 Fairbanks-College, AK — $113,570 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $113,700 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $113,850 Longview, TX — $113,980 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $114,980 Walla Walla, WA — $115,740 Springfield, IL — $115,990 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $116,480 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $116,770 El Centro, CA — $116,950 Midland, TX — $118,450 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $120,110 Las Cruces, NM — $120,350 Carson City, NV — $120,810 Fresno, CA — $123,820 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $124,260 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $124,790 Santa Fe, NM — $124,870 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $125,490 Decatur, IL — $125,600 Merced, CA — $126,000 Modesto, CA — $126,600 Salinas, CA — $127,120 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $127,460 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $128,680 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $131,430 Chico, CA — $134,970 Napa, CA — $138,540 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $139,000 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $140,100 Vallejo, CA — $141,530 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $141,980 San Jose 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 San Jose metro area has the 4th-highest published median for this occupation among the 389 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 California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physical therapists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$139,000 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $123,130 to $165,170
$141,980 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $123,470 to $160,770
$141,530 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $114,200 to $155,160
$140,100 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $118,390 to $156,930
$138,540 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $117,000 to $154,760
$134,970 median for Chico metro area; middle half earns $105,210 to $135,370
$131,430 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $106,230 to $143,580
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 .