allied · SOC 29-1123

Physical Therapists

National median $102,760 / yr · 267,330 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median

$102,760

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

NM

Score 71 · New Mexico

Top-paying metro

San Francisco

$141,980 median

Top WageBench Score

71

New Mexico

Top 10 destinations

Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.

Rank	Area	Annual Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	WageBench Score ↓
#1	New Mexico	$106,880	$101,643	4.9%	92	✓	71
#2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$141,980	$133,461	6.0%	—	—	71
#3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,290	$107,290	0.0%	—	✓	70
#4	Texas	$105,810	$105,810	0.0%	97	✓	70
#5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$139,000	$130,660	6.0%	—	—	70
#6	Wyoming	$100,400	$100,400	0.0%	93	✓	70
#7	Columbus, OH	$105,130	$101,976	3.0%	—	✓	70
#8	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$103,630	$103,630	0.0%	—	✓	70
#9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$105,810	$100,520	5.0%	—	✓	70
#10	Arkansas	$99,010	$95,545	3.5%	87	✓	70

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$77,140
P25
$86,160
MEDIAN
$102,760
P75
$121,160
P90
$135,140

Hourly mean

$51

Hourly median

$49

Annual mean

$105,280

Total US jobs

267,330

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 574 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
New Mexico	NM	$106,880	$101,643	4.9%	92	✓	24	71
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$141,980	$133,461	6.0%	—	—	24	71
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$107,290	$107,290	0.0%	—	✓	21	70
Texas	TX	$105,810	$105,810	0.0%	97	✓	23	70
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	CA	$139,000	$130,660	6.0%	—	—	24	70
Wyoming	WY	$100,400	$100,400	0.0%	93	✓	23	70
Columbus, OH	OH	$105,130	$101,976	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$103,630	$103,630	0.0%	—	✓	23	70
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$105,810	$100,520	5.0%	—	✓	24	70
Arkansas	AR	$99,010	$95,545	3.5%	87	✓	24	70
Mississippi	MS	$99,990	$95,590	4.4%	87	✓	25	70
Tennessee	TN	$100,140	$100,140	0.0%	92	✓	23	70
Missouri	MO	$99,310	$94,841	4.5%	91	✓	24	70
Ohio	OH	$103,050	$99,959	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
St. Louis, MO-IL	MO	$100,600	$96,073	4.5%	—	✓	24	69
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$102,340	$97,837	4.4%	—	✓	22	69
Kansas City, MO-KS	MO	$101,270	$96,713	4.5%	—	✓	24	69
Wisconsin	WI	$101,840	$96,442	5.3%	94	✓	21	69
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$101,060	$96,765	4.3%	—	✓	24	69
Jacksonville, FL	FL	$100,150	$100,150	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Alabama	AL	$97,290	$93,398	4.0%	89	✓	24	69
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$103,770	$100,605	3.0%	—	✓	23	69
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	TX	$107,700	$107,700	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	TN	$103,380	$103,380	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
South Dakota	SD	$92,660	$92,660	0.0%	89	✓	22	69

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Employer benchmark

National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.

WageBench Score blends pay, taxes, COL, demand, license access and livability into one 0-100 number.