Physical Therapist Aides Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Physical Therapist Aides positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$34,520

National average

Salary Range

$24,960 – $46,930

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Physical Therapist Aides Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$57,670$33,140$74,100
Barnstable Town, MA$47,290$37,090$60,910
Abilene, TX$46,790$39,560$46,790
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$44,600$35,810$46,520
Urban Honolulu, HI$44,430$32,570$52,840
Minnesota$44,340$33,370$50,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$44,070$39,170$66,120
Winston-Salem, NC$43,940$30,140$76,800
Chico, CA$42,800$33,630$48,170
Alaska$42,320$34,390$69,220
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$41,430$38,850$53,430
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$41,180$31,620$46,780
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$40,810$29,850$48,930
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,560$26,700$46,790
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$39,090$30,630$39,090
Manchester-Nashua, NH$38,980$29,670$47,130
Columbus, OH$38,830$25,550$43,930
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$38,810$34,360$45,770
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,790$28,310$46,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$38,700$34,870$50,010
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$38,700$32,290$72,060
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$38,650$29,800$53,170
Massachusetts$38,000$33,510$55,240
Worcester, MA$38,000$32,570$50,740
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$37,930$31,470$49,510
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$37,910$33,260$43,350
District of Columbia$37,820$37,780$38,080
Washington$37,730$34,870$49,980
Fresno, CA$37,660$34,320$45,750
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$37,560$33,350$55,920
Vallejo, CA$37,280$35,300$46,370
Albuquerque, NM$37,230$28,250$80,610
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,230$35,280$54,500
Colorado$37,210$30,370$46,780
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,180$20,940$72,080
St. George, UT$37,150$23,950$43,680
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$37,140$36,090$44,530
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$37,010$35,530$46,480
Toledo, OH$36,990$24,340$49,700
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$36,920$27,990$96,630
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$36,870$36,040$42,490
Salinas, CA$36,740$35,780$46,070
Pittsburgh, PA$36,680$31,460$40,550
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$36,670$34,140$49,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$36,580$31,200$43,430
Kennewick-Richland, WA$36,560$35,830$76,550
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,550$29,160$49,940
Ann Arbor, MI$36,520$30,330$42,350
Hawaii$36,470$30,160$52,840
Iowa$36,440$28,230$44,920
Pennsylvania$36,420$30,420$45,670
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$36,340$35,360$46,970
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$36,290$34,780$46,530
California$36,290$33,660$46,000
North Dakota$36,290$29,360$50,800
Fargo, ND-MN$36,290$20,800$49,660
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$36,240$30,730$39,090
Corpus Christi, TX$36,220$26,420$45,520
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,220$24,620$46,790
Erie, PA$36,210$29,730$39,980
Cedar Rapids, IA$36,180$36,110$44,490
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$36,150$20,930$75,950
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$36,140$31,470$71,800
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$36,130$34,960$44,360
Madison, WI$36,130$28,450$51,900
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36,060$35,000$43,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$36,040$21,170$38,660
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$36,030$32,640$42,330
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,010$33,810$43,420
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,010$29,900$48,350
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$35,950$35,260$42,980
Merced, CA$35,930$33,500$53,880
New Jersey$35,920$31,470$77,030
Anchorage, AK$35,920$34,390$68,660
Ohio$35,880$23,180$43,930
Oregon$35,880$32,480$46,530
Maine$35,870$32,570$69,160
Portland-South Portland, ME$35,860$35,760$61,430
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$35,800$25,870$48,470
New Mexico$35,760$27,920$75,410
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$35,740$33,910$94,430
Wisconsin$35,700$27,730$47,480
Akron, OH$35,690$22,980$40,710
Stockton-Lodi, CA$35,560$33,280$44,750
Cleveland, OH$35,560$29,010$41,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$35,560$33,920$44,150
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$35,510$34,520$43,870
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$35,450$34,550$37,670
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$35,440$31,440$52,000
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$35,360$33,280$38,960
Modesto, CA$35,360$34,300$44,360
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$35,360$27,920$50,680
New Haven, CT$35,280$32,640$49,920
Redding, CA$35,280$33,280$36,930
Connecticut$35,280$32,640$42,320
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,280$20,940$78,370
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,270$32,640$42,320
Tucson, AZ$35,240$29,850$44,060
North Carolina$35,190$27,040$77,090
Raleigh-Cary, NC$35,180$27,040$78,350
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$35,040$33,790$41,730
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35,020$29,210$45,590
Utica-Rome, NY$35,000$31,200$47,230
New York$34,970$31,410$50,060
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$34,950$30,250$41,420
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$34,940$30,620$38,750
Arizona$34,910$30,570$41,710
Montana$34,870$22,780$43,030
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$34,840$31,200$50,660
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$34,810$33,450$45,740
Illinois$34,790$30,230$38,930
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$34,790$29,550$40,560
Visalia, CA$34,710$33,280$48,610
Bend, OR$34,680$33,250$44,160
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$34,570$33,280$42,340
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$34,420$23,540$47,060
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,400$32,640$40,650
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,320$21,970$41,090
South Dakota$34,290$29,460$41,280
New Hampshire$34,250$28,060$46,170
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$34,190$29,120$47,040
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,140$31,470$43,940
Greensboro-High Point, NC$34,000$25,570$74,110
Salem, OR$33,960$32,210$44,860
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$33,840$29,810$42,280
Asheville, NC$33,800$26,460$73,440
Florida$33,520$28,550$40,770
Eugene-Springfield, OR$33,500$30,980$51,640
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,350$30,650$46,780
Boulder, CO$33,260$30,600$46,240
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,060$29,590$35,310
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$32,930$24,360$44,190
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$32,770$29,990$63,240
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$32,680$23,100$54,660
Charleston, WV$32,630$23,360$40,520
Rhode Island$32,610$29,990$63,640
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$32,600$29,460$38,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$32,570$23,670$37,890
Columbia, SC$32,570$21,800$35,400
Port St. Lucie, FL$32,460$28,910$38,410
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$32,430$27,960$39,580
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$32,140$24,270$39,090
Texas$32,050$23,130$46,790
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$32,040$22,320$55,240
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$31,750$29,850$38,090
Jonesboro, AR$31,620$28,640$94,080
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$31,550$22,450$52,360
Rome, GA$31,440$26,850$31,440
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$31,420$31,200$44,200
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$31,370$31,200$39,630
Maryland$31,370$31,200$38,120
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$31,200$29,740$36,330
Rochester, NY$31,200$31,200$44,530
Syracuse, NY$31,200$31,200$42,240
Lexington Park, MD$31,200$31,200$37,440
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$31,200$22,670$42,330
Wilmington, NC$31,200$29,860$39,920
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$31,200$31,200$38,580
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$31,120$22,040$44,670
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$31,030$24,260$48,210
Tuscaloosa, AL$30,990$18,720$30,990
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$30,930$19,550$37,230
Georgia$30,920$23,040$37,890
South Carolina$30,750$17,920$36,810
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$30,750$24,960$60,900
Tennessee$30,700$20,880$42,410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$30,700$24,550$48,980
Knoxville, TN$30,700$22,100$41,720
Kansas City, MO-KS$30,670$26,650$39,330
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$30,650$28,670$57,980
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$30,530$22,770$46,790
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$30,480$29,850$41,890
Dover, DE$30,420$27,560$38,760
Colorado Springs, CO$30,370$29,990$43,040
Charlottesville, VA$30,230$27,710$36,500
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$30,230$30,220$37,200
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$30,210$28,510$40,900
Michigan$30,160$24,270$39,040
Killeen-Temple, TX$29,890$21,640$44,520
Cheyenne, WY$29,810$28,960$35,130
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$29,810$17,920$36,780
Columbia, MO$29,750$25,580$35,880
Jackson, MS$29,730$22,280$41,660
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$29,640$24,960$39,170
Delaware$29,640$27,880$41,070
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$29,600$28,550$34,470
Springfield, MO$29,520$25,580$38,690
Wyoming$29,460$27,820$35,130
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$29,460$20,940$35,090
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$29,440$24,960$39,000
Reno, NV$29,430$27,680$37,700
Nevada$29,430$26,640$37,700
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$29,380$23,040$46,730
West Virginia$29,320$22,870$43,770
Evansville, IN$29,170$23,150$52,000
St. Louis, MO-IL$29,120$25,580$37,700
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$29,120$22,930$38,590
Coeur d'Alene, ID$29,070$23,810$45,760
Indiana$29,020$22,590$43,970
Casper, WY$28,870$20,440$33,770
Virginia$28,840$24,960$39,090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,830$22,520$40,330
Kenosha, WI$28,820$27,730$33,920
Kansas$28,810$22,310$38,730
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$28,810$20,160$38,230
Kentucky$28,770$22,860$41,770
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$28,770$22,860$41,620
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$28,710$23,180$39,380
Boise City, ID$28,690$26,690$40,210
Arkansas$28,670$24,080$41,360
Youngstown-Warren, OH$28,660$21,740$41,630
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,650$21,800$34,330
Chattanooga, TN-GA$28,640$19,700$41,260
Idaho$28,610$23,200$40,210
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$28,610$24,080$41,160
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$28,530$17,450$35,170
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$28,500$20,280$56,380
Logan, UT-ID$28,490$22,270$38,430
Richmond, VA$28,410$26,060$34,540
Savannah, GA$28,380$21,720$31,580
Missouri$28,340$25,580$37,710
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$28,230$22,790$37,420
El Paso, TX$28,230$23,320$46,790
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,010$22,050$43,910
Utah$27,860$22,820$37,740
Traverse City, MI$27,830$23,910$35,440
Laredo, TX$27,810$17,680$37,630
Amarillo, TX$27,740$17,990$39,540
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,730$17,830$38,750
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,730$22,230$34,590
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,720$25,580$37,850
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$27,690$22,800$29,390
Birmingham, AL$27,580$19,110$31,740
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$27,480$24,960$36,040
Twin Falls, ID$27,470$23,100$47,790
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$27,400$22,090$35,350
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,000$23,270$39,810
Tallahassee, FL$26,980$26,310$37,440
Pocatello, ID$26,920$21,940$39,790
Mississippi$26,900$22,050$38,600
Idaho Falls, ID$26,830$23,150$35,240
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$26,820$18,490$43,110
Lubbock, TX$26,800$19,690$46,790
Huntsville, AL$26,740$20,440$30,680
Omaha, NE-IA$26,710$24,960$39,440
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$26,640$23,230$34,640
Nebraska$26,540$24,960$39,440
Fort Wayne, IN$26,530$25,170$37,400
Lincoln, NE$26,520$24,960$41,600
Ogden, UT$26,490$22,780$36,030
Montgomery, AL$26,100$18,290$28,890
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$25,520$20,940$34,650
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$25,500$23,100$28,880
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$25,240$24,960$39,190
Alabama$25,220$19,720$30,990
Wichita, KS$24,960$23,770$39,930
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$24,960$22,040$35,350
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$24,850$23,610$38,600
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$24,730$23,030$34,800
Dothan, AL$24,640$20,130$31,230
Oklahoma$24,350$21,040$33,520
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$23,050$18,720$50,820
Tulsa, OK$22,720$21,260$34,230
Oklahoma City, OK$22,520$20,950$30,940
Mobile, AL$22,290$18,260$29,370
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$22,280$19,180$32,570
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$22,190$22,190$30,160
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$21,900$18,140$34,230
Puerto Rico$21,840$19,890$39,770
Gadsden, AL$21,720$21,720$30,870
Lake Charles, LA$21,720$18,720$28,860
Louisiana$21,600$18,670$30,230
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$21,600$18,440$27,550
Monroe, LA$21,390$18,370$29,060
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$21,380$18,240$28,820
Johnson City, TN$21,220$19,550$37,410
Baton Rouge, LA$21,100$18,780$29,750
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$20,350$17,960$28,590
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$20,170$16,720$27,490

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Physical Therapist Aides make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Physical Therapist Aides is $34,520, with a typical range of $24,960 – $46,930 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Physical Therapist Aides?β–Ύ

Entry-level Physical Therapist Aides positions typically start around $24,960 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Physical Therapist Aidess earn the most?β–Ύ

Physical Therapist Aidess tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.