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Physical Therapist Assistants
National median $68,380 / yr · 112,430 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.
National median
$68,380
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
TX
Score 72 · Texas
Top-paying metro
San Jose
$97,190 median
Top WageBench Score
75
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
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 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $84,930 | $84,930 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 75 |
| #2 | Texas | $78,000 | $78,000 | 0.0% | 97 | ✓ | 72 |
| #3 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $80,370 | $80,370 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 72 |
| #4 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $79,250 | $75,288 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 72 |
| #5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $97,190 | $91,359 | 6.0% | — | — | 71 |
| #6 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $72,530 | $72,530 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 71 |
| #7 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $76,830 | $76,830 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 71 |
| #8 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $77,280 | $77,280 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 71 |
| #9 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $95,920 | $90,165 | 6.0% | — | — | 71 |
| #10 | Maryland | $77,670 | $73,787 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 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
$47,750
P25
$59,820
MEDIAN
$68,380
P75
$78,680
P90
$89,510
Hourly mean
$33
Hourly median
$33
Annual mean
$68,730
Total US jobs
112,430
Every state & metro, ranked
Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 525 scored areas total.
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| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | TX | $84,930 | $84,930 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 75 |
| Texas | TX | $78,000 | $78,000 | 0.0% | 97 | ✓ | 23 | 72 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | TX | $80,370 | $80,370 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 72 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $79,250 | $75,288 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 72 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | CA | $97,190 | $91,359 | 6.0% | — | — | 24 | 71 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | FL | $72,530 | $72,530 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 71 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | TX | $76,830 | $76,830 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 71 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | TX | $77,280 | $77,280 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 71 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | CA | $95,920 | $90,165 | 6.0% | — | — | 24 | 71 |
| Maryland | MD | $77,670 | $73,787 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | NC | $70,720 | $67,714 | 4.3% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Georgia | GA | $72,800 | $68,869 | 5.4% | 96 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | FL | $70,170 | $70,170 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | FL | $71,110 | $71,110 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| South Carolina | SC | $70,500 | $66,623 | 5.5% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | GA | $74,730 | $70,695 | 5.4% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| North Carolina | NC | $67,540 | $64,670 | 4.3% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| North Dakota | ND | $63,520 | $62,250 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | NC | $67,890 | $65,005 | 4.3% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Louisiana | LA | $65,370 | $63,409 | 3.0% | 88 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Florida | FL | $72,530 | $72,530 | 0.0% | 103 | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Indiana | IN | $65,280 | $63,289 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Kansas | KS | $64,500 | $61,114 | 5.3% | 90 | ✓ | 22 | 69 |
| Missouri | MO | $63,770 | $60,900 | 4.5% | 91 | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Ohio | OH | $63,820 | $61,905 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
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Employer benchmark
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National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.
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