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Therapists, All Other

National median $77,930 / yr · 22,640 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$77,930

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

SC

Score 73 · South Carolina

Top-paying metro

Chicago

$157,510 median

Top WageBench Score

81

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

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	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$157,510	$149,713	5.0%	—	—	81
#2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$98,550	$98,550	0.0%	—	✓	74
#3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$122,120	$114,793	6.0%	—	—	74
#4	Baton Rouge, LA	$100,390	$97,378	3.0%	—	✓	73
#5	South Carolina	$90,980	$85,976	5.5%	94	✓	73
#6	Nebraska	$86,900	$82,729	4.8%	90	✓	72
#7	Washington	$98,550	$98,550	0.0%	107	✓	72
#8	Columbus, OH	$90,720	$87,998	3.0%	—	✓	72
#9	District of Columbia	$127,010	$118,754	6.5%	110	—	71
#10	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$81,340	$81,340	0.0%	—	✓	71

National wage distribution

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

P10
$46,540
P25
$58,850
MEDIAN
$77,930
P75
$105,760
P90
$152,530

Hourly mean

$43

Hourly median

$37

Annual mean

$90,420

Total US jobs

22,640

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 127 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	IL	$157,510	$149,713	5.0%	—	—	23	81
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$98,550	$98,550	0.0%	—	✓	21	74
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$122,120	$114,793	6.0%	—	—	24	74
Baton Rouge, LA	LA	$100,390	$97,378	3.0%	—	✓	23	73
South Carolina	SC	$90,980	$85,976	5.5%	94	✓	24	73
Nebraska	NE	$86,900	$82,729	4.8%	90	✓	20	72
Washington	WA	$98,550	$98,550	0.0%	107	✓	21	72
Columbus, OH	OH	$90,720	$87,998	3.0%	—	✓	23	72
District of Columbia	DC	$127,010	$118,754	6.5%	110	—	22	71
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$81,340	$81,340	0.0%	—	✓	23	71
Illinois	IL	$116,200	$110,448	5.0%	100	—	23	71
Delaware	DE	$90,120	$85,434	5.2%	100	✓	21	70
Kentucky	KY	$75,060	$72,058	4.0%	90	✓	23	69
Kansas	KS	$76,740	$72,711	5.3%	90	✓	22	69
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	TX	$80,410	$80,410	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	PA	$81,170	$78,678	3.1%	—	✓	21	69
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$76,110	$76,110	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Ohio	OH	$70,700	$68,579	3.0%	93	✓	23	68
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$73,250	$70,027	4.4%	—	✓	22	68
Alabama	AL	$68,270	$65,539	4.0%	89	✓	24	68
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	RI	$86,400	$82,296	4.8%	—	✓	17	68
Texas	TX	$74,750	$74,750	0.0%	97	✓	23	68
West Virginia	WV	$67,580	$64,336	4.8%	89	✓	23	67
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	TX	$75,120	$75,120	0.0%	—	✓	23	67
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$66,370	$64,346	3.0%	—	✓	23	66

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Not published by BLS (10) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming.

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