Respiratory Therapists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Respiratory Therapists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$80,450

National average

Salary Range

$61,900 – $108,820

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Respiratory Therapists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$137,080$100,090$171,780
Vallejo, CA$132,520$83,890$151,890
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$131,320$94,930$152,030
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$129,640$92,800$143,880
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$129,180$82,110$141,850
Redding, CA$119,560$78,610$127,950
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$105,560$75,550$127,800
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$105,320$77,320$125,700
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$104,890$77,770$144,130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$104,840$84,560$128,340
District of Columbia$104,240$79,630$125,470
New York$103,820$78,100$127,530
Modesto, CA$103,820$78,590$142,530
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$102,590$78,130$126,350
California$102,120$78,150$138,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,250$80,840$126,850
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$100,970$72,180$130,990
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$100,780$45,440$113,920
Anchorage, AK$100,170$76,900$104,610
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$99,780$80,290$104,900
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$99,780$80,180$122,710
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$98,910$76,790$123,080
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$98,590$68,830$130,940
Merced, CA$98,150$79,800$132,460
Vineland, NJ$98,020$74,480$98,020
New Jersey$98,020$77,360$117,750
Stockton-Lodi, CA$97,280$77,710$130,090
Washington$97,150$76,320$121,280
Bellingham, WA$97,150$76,950$119,130
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$97,080$65,630$125,930
Massachusetts$96,940$74,200$118,950
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$96,620$76,750$118,940
Kennewick-Richland, WA$96,480$77,590$117,930
Oregon$96,130$80,290$110,390
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$95,780$79,310$125,740
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$95,530$67,710$117,000
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$95,480$77,670$100,440
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$95,400$77,980$106,970
Urban Honolulu, HI$94,670$85,700$99,760
Hawaii$94,670$85,700$101,000
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$94,550$81,230$108,320
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$94,530$67,510$105,540
Alaska$94,210$76,900$104,610
Rochester, MN$93,820$80,510$103,240
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$93,180$80,610$113,840
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$92,810$74,520$106,790
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$92,510$78,570$110,390
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$92,220$76,220$100,600
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$90,500$72,510$110,130
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$89,240$60,820$96,820
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$88,870$71,560$111,330
Boulder, CO$88,310$66,890$103,030
Minnesota$88,040$71,740$100,600
Reno, NV$87,880$65,870$104,920
Delaware$87,380$70,770$106,040
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$87,080$70,770$99,570
Albany, GA$86,870$69,100$86,870
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$86,690$70,260$117,740
Worcester, MA$85,920$72,240$108,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$85,680$70,150$101,570
Maryland$85,570$71,160$104,070
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$85,540$79,890$110,470
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$85,190$70,370$103,310
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$84,870$73,020$105,590
Fresno, CA$84,650$66,100$127,570
Eugene-Springfield, OR$83,960$81,520$107,950
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$83,900$67,360$102,610
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$83,680$69,330$100,340
Charlottesville, VA$83,680$65,480$93,000
New Hampshire$83,620$69,740$98,790
Rhode Island$83,600$66,690$104,010
Raleigh-Cary, NC$83,580$65,060$127,140
Manchester-Nashua, NH$83,560$68,720$97,220
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$83,520$75,910$86,900
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$83,510$77,070$97,300
Rochester, NY$83,370$71,960$104,630
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$83,300$66,690$104,010
Connecticut$83,250$70,480$101,900
Lexington Park, MD$83,160$78,540$99,230
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$83,010$68,050$97,210
Kenosha, WI$82,990$68,140$96,020
New Haven, CT$82,970$74,430$106,740
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$82,940$70,520$101,590
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$82,900$69,110$98,370
Syracuse, NY$82,850$64,510$103,820
Binghamton, NY$82,850$71,990$101,980
Jackson, MI$82,840$64,590$82,840
Burlington, NC$82,780$62,400$100,260
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$82,780$65,460$97,080
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$82,770$71,440$99,350
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$82,440$72,790$99,520
Wisconsin$82,160$67,270$96,400
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$82,070$64,330$99,770
Springfield, MA$82,000$71,380$99,460
Naples-Marco Island, FL$81,910$67,000$99,660
Georgia$81,890$63,510$108,380
Kankakee, IL$81,890$65,260$97,800
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$81,740$67,210$98,210
Ann Arbor, MI$81,720$71,020$91,380
Madison, WI$81,690$67,450$94,940
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$81,640$66,080$94,830
Asheville, NC$81,610$62,190$81,880
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$81,610$61,080$101,210
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$81,520$64,460$81,520
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$81,490$62,890$101,630
Reading, PA$81,440$63,010$102,200
Columbus, OH$81,390$65,560$99,430
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$81,370$65,430$95,370
Appleton, WI$81,350$66,300$98,150
Illinois$81,310$63,430$97,310
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$81,290$55,150$94,130
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$81,270$62,950$104,580
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$81,250$64,480$100,830
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$81,060$69,930$101,100
Billings, MT$81,050$61,910$89,440
Janesville-Beloit, WI$81,050$71,070$93,520
Utica-Rome, NY$81,020$64,450$98,310
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$80,950$61,980$97,290
Montana$80,950$61,380$94,130
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$80,800$47,080$95,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$80,750$62,880$89,100
Colorado$80,690$63,770$102,210
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$80,620$60,420$97,520
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$80,570$64,740$86,430
Winston-Salem, NC$80,560$63,080$85,160
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$80,540$63,160$98,200
Evansville, IN$80,540$62,000$84,620
Pittsfield, MA$80,520$62,580$95,950
Greensboro-High Point, NC$80,460$63,190$85,460
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$80,410$66,650$94,450
Colorado Springs, CO$80,400$64,120$97,480
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$80,390$65,590$91,130
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$80,350$64,910$99,090
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$80,240$66,570$100,820
Duluth, MN-WI$80,200$67,990$95,480
Richmond, VA$80,070$52,120$94,540
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$79,960$64,390$100,690
Kansas City, MO-KS$79,950$64,660$94,160
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$79,920$69,310$90,350
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$79,730$64,660$97,980
Port St. Lucie, FL$79,710$63,490$94,480
Florida$79,710$62,940$98,890
Omaha, NE-IA$79,660$61,660$83,690
Virginia$79,600$60,830$102,680
Nevada$79,510$64,370$115,330
Missoula, MT$79,440$61,380$89,550
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$79,390$64,340$115,330
Portland-South Portland, ME$79,330$65,640$103,440
Maine$79,330$62,480$91,710
Arizona$79,290$62,480$88,650
Lancaster, PA$79,250$61,880$91,290
Ogden, UT$79,240$65,070$96,460
Fargo, ND-MN$79,160$62,400$84,540
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$79,090$65,790$94,820
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$79,000$62,880$98,990
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$78,990$65,850$96,440
Utah$78,990$65,270$96,820
Williamsport, PA$78,940$63,710$84,580
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$78,920$63,520$96,600
Eau Claire, WI$78,890$61,800$93,130
Nebraska$78,880$61,660$85,870
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$78,880$63,360$91,670
Wilmington, NC$78,810$62,980$83,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA$78,790$63,920$95,920
Vermont$78,760$47,080$96,470
Tucson, AZ$78,720$61,780$80,450
Muncie, IN$78,670$61,680$80,840
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$78,660$54,920$95,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$78,630$69,950$93,220
Battle Creek, MI$78,520$63,750$83,710
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$78,460$68,750$85,450
Ohio$78,400$63,730$94,490
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$78,390$53,770$96,740
Grand Junction, CO$78,360$60,390$99,920
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$78,340$57,320$85,840
Toledo, OH$78,310$61,830$94,300
Bangor, ME$78,290$61,340$85,760
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$78,270$63,970$120,370
Columbia, SC$78,220$64,020$82,470
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$78,190$63,480$83,260
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$78,170$62,750$94,720
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$78,160$64,290$88,320
Green Bay, WI$78,150$62,820$89,370
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$78,140$63,300$96,610
Cleveland, OH$78,130$65,860$93,490
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$78,100$62,570$83,040
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$78,070$64,370$99,960
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$78,040$65,270$103,500
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$78,040$63,350$80,180
Indiana$77,820$62,250$89,320
Pueblo, CO$77,780$61,190$103,080
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,780$60,220$87,710
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$77,730$63,830$93,820
Dalton, GA$77,720$65,520$94,400
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$77,720$62,200$84,770
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$77,700$66,150$89,880
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$77,680$55,120$96,570
Terre Haute, IN$77,630$64,330$84,420
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$77,590$63,860$91,830
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$77,590$64,260$95,670
Texas$77,550$61,130$94,640
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$77,510$50,570$80,540
Amarillo, TX$77,490$53,230$89,480
Michigan$77,460$63,750$87,430
Macon-Bibb County, GA$77,410$55,530$85,290
Bismarck, ND$77,390$62,380$102,900
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$77,390$62,080$96,220
Niles, MI$77,320$61,020$78,190
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$77,290$63,850$90,500
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$77,260$63,020$80,500
Oklahoma City, OK$77,210$62,880$92,270
Tulsa, OK$77,200$62,010$92,740
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$77,160$62,450$84,080
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$77,070$63,000$85,000
North Carolina$77,050$61,370$90,910
Jacksonville, FL$77,020$62,790$88,920
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$76,980$55,360$83,880
Rockford, IL$76,740$62,500$93,790
North Dakota$76,660$61,040$96,660
Topeka, KS$76,640$52,680$93,050
Florence, SC$76,510$62,990$85,950
Longview, TX$76,490$60,670$140,650
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$76,480$55,700$87,000
Champaign-Urbana, IL$76,470$61,390$88,960
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$76,420$62,380$91,770
Savannah, GA$76,400$64,230$81,650
Victoria, TX$76,360$62,530$81,500
Ames, IA$76,340$58,180$81,380
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$76,340$56,050$88,800
Killeen-Temple, TX$76,340$61,980$82,370
York-Hanover, PA$76,230$61,650$86,910
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$76,210$62,120$82,310
Pennsylvania$76,160$61,440$97,490
Akron, OH$76,100$61,510$88,550
Lake Charles, LA$76,100$50,290$84,540
Bloomington, IN$76,090$61,590$80,640
Oklahoma$76,080$61,460$89,460
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$76,010$61,170$83,490
South Carolina$75,960$62,190$82,470
Springfield, IL$75,950$58,540$100,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$75,920$61,390$91,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$75,920$63,130$92,280
Wyoming$75,900$62,100$85,840
Lincoln, NE$75,840$64,850$84,810
Tyler, TX$75,830$59,630$80,410
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$75,830$61,720$82,670
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$75,710$61,590$82,490
St. Louis, MO-IL$75,570$61,960$91,170
Idaho$75,510$61,070$89,280
Boise City, ID$75,510$61,670$82,070
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$75,460$64,310$98,240
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$75,360$61,420$86,440
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$75,310$61,470$83,840
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$75,270$65,120$82,540
Canton-Massillon, OH$75,220$62,260$91,760
Springfield, OH$75,210$65,350$85,490
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$75,130$64,330$81,660
Flint, MI$75,100$55,470$77,320
Fayetteville, NC$75,090$62,300$98,860
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$75,050$67,870$97,130
Lynchburg, VA$74,770$35,920$95,560
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$74,730$64,320$83,640
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$74,700$63,950$78,720
Bloomington, IL$74,670$63,560$103,660
Fort Wayne, IN$74,610$51,470$79,550
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$74,580$59,760$84,440
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$74,580$62,320$91,260
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$74,540$59,290$80,810
Peoria, IL$74,480$53,580$88,980
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$74,460$63,140$91,430
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$74,400$61,780$83,710
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$74,320$58,150$90,000
Tallahassee, FL$74,220$55,750$85,780
Columbus, GA-AL$74,210$60,750$83,010
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$74,200$60,820$90,120
Montgomery, AL$74,160$51,760$166,380
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$74,160$59,890$82,230
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$74,090$54,540$86,880
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$74,080$56,650$82,820
Alexandria, LA$73,920$51,360$90,360
Missouri$73,880$57,590$93,140
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$73,830$62,190$79,650
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$73,720$60,520$77,800
Kansas$73,580$56,690$90,620
Mansfield, OH$73,580$56,600$88,140
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$73,500$59,780$86,740
Hammond, LA$73,470$59,800$85,450
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$73,410$62,950$89,320
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$73,270$61,150$80,470
Iowa City, IA$73,270$64,080$83,480
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$73,240$52,290$90,310
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$73,240$56,520$81,800
Yuma, AZ$73,150$58,070$73,150
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$73,090$61,560$83,800
Chattanooga, TN-GA$73,050$52,120$93,190
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,800$58,390$81,830
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,790$64,270$80,630
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$72,710$63,680$81,210
Youngstown-Warren, OH$72,570$61,550$79,160
Sherman-Denison, TX$72,130$62,840$79,560
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$71,980$61,740$85,350
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$71,970$62,830$72,860
El Paso, TX$71,970$59,870$84,020
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$71,920$61,110$85,450
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$71,890$47,600$90,590
Lima, OH$71,850$63,510$78,960
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$71,810$61,440$79,690
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$71,780$54,340$77,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$71,610$56,650$97,540
Fort Smith, AR-OK$71,520$55,420$77,760
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$71,340$59,280$91,880
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$70,800$62,570$79,090
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$70,720$56,010$91,890
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$70,570$60,570$80,240
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$70,380$56,540$82,850
Texarkana, TX-AR$70,250$61,720$84,480
Waco, TX$70,160$61,240$90,240
Louisiana$70,140$59,760$84,540
Homosassa Springs, FL$69,840$59,490$76,900
Monroe, LA$69,800$57,220$84,390
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$69,760$57,590$82,140
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$69,730$49,400$88,670
Corpus Christi, TX$69,570$52,370$90,980
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$69,320$57,650$87,430
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$69,320$62,790$80,980
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$69,220$56,150$82,070
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$69,040$54,740$85,080
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$68,920$55,770$89,780
Iowa$68,790$56,260$83,480
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$68,740$53,690$82,670
Rome, GA$68,470$64,240$148,220
Enid, OK$68,460$51,440$79,510
Warner Robins, GA$68,450$58,610$84,880
Rocky Mount, NC$68,320$51,480$81,570
Sandusky, OH$68,310$56,350$77,360
Springfield, MO$68,270$53,440$83,030
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$68,220$55,230$77,900
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$68,210$60,460$81,800
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$68,020$59,760$83,030
Arkansas$67,960$52,470$82,850
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$67,960$54,040$89,520
Lexington-Fayette, KY$67,930$57,650$81,180
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$67,920$51,720$82,010
Wichita, KS$67,820$62,780$87,910
Morgantown, WV$67,820$53,400$88,580
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$67,820$58,200$83,760
Jackson, MS$67,790$53,100$178,900
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$67,760$52,610$81,740
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$67,740$53,460$76,520
Erie, PA$67,690$51,600$83,820
Abilene, TX$67,570$59,970$98,700
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$67,550$62,780$80,110
Pittsburgh, PA$67,530$59,800$85,640
Wheeling, WV-OH$67,510$59,660$82,710
Baton Rouge, LA$67,500$58,350$94,540
Mobile, AL$67,430$53,160$84,810
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$67,390$62,540$80,040
Huntsville, AL$67,250$49,670$82,920
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$67,020$61,000$77,300
Columbia, MO$66,960$53,510$80,840
Greenville, NC$66,940$65,120$81,720
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$66,890$57,800$84,480
Gainesville, FL$66,770$66,770$80,790
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$66,700$57,960$80,090
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$66,510$50,280$81,510
Albuquerque, NM$66,460$58,290$85,530
New Mexico$66,460$59,280$85,530
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$66,430$55,700$87,670
West Virginia$66,370$51,200$84,670
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$66,340$52,430$79,990
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$66,100$56,090$79,790
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$65,880$51,730$82,520
Kentucky$65,670$52,060$81,110
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$65,590$51,030$86,780
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$65,550$61,720$85,820
Spartanburg, SC$65,380$64,350$79,130
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$65,310$57,500$83,580
Birmingham, AL$65,130$49,120$79,350
Lubbock, TX$65,110$60,950$80,680
Tennessee$65,000$51,840$80,940
Paducah, KY-IL$64,950$51,290$77,460
Cedar Rapids, IA$64,930$53,470$79,510
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$64,840$38,830$77,510
South Dakota$64,720$46,680$79,820
Casper, WY$64,720$62,100$78,000
Las Cruces, NM$64,570$54,600$72,170
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$64,500$57,970$78,060
Lafayette, LA$64,390$60,430$84,090
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$64,380$53,200$77,940
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$64,360$56,170$79,870
Anniston-Oxford, AL$64,200$51,330$77,500
Owensboro, KY$64,130$52,360$77,360
Alabama$64,010$48,490$82,920
Charleston, WV$63,970$54,900$75,410
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$63,760$52,630$78,490
Clarksville, TN-KY$63,730$50,440$71,530
Joplin, MO-KS$63,270$59,370$77,060
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$63,220$55,160$81,050
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$63,170$49,820$73,960
Jackson, TN$63,080$50,610$72,300
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$63,040$54,070$81,370
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$63,030$53,390$80,870
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$63,010$48,510$76,310
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,730$51,420$76,750
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,630$51,310$78,500
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$62,560$54,780$77,230
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$62,560$47,740$75,840
Knoxville, TN$62,530$52,090$77,480
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$62,420$56,220$74,330
Bowling Green, KY$62,400$51,100$75,690
Elizabethtown, KY$61,630$52,000$77,020
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$61,600$51,980$78,780
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$61,460$53,790$75,070
Jonesboro, AR$61,360$49,940$85,130
Mississippi$61,320$49,920$90,240
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$61,280$43,380$78,900
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$61,230$48,260$86,060
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$61,220$54,050$79,370
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$61,210$46,680$79,820
Valdosta, GA$61,210$51,330$76,200
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$61,180$47,740$80,150
Beckley, WV$61,140$50,950$72,910
Jacksonville, NC$60,790$49,160$95,750
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,790$52,260$80,040
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,770$48,450$72,120
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$60,520$46,000$62,750
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,370$49,380$63,390
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,160$47,540$69,960
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$59,800$47,070$75,430
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$59,400$46,630$71,110
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,220$36,920$78,560
Gadsden, AL$59,090$43,420$71,000
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$59,070$52,830$75,230
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$58,830$47,300$73,300
Decatur, AL$57,470$41,400$70,290
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$56,720$39,610$74,070
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$54,490$49,510$70,730
Dothan, AL$53,170$40,430$65,410
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$51,380$46,330$61,840
Tuscaloosa, AL$49,860$49,860$76,450
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$33,800$24,900$36,890
Puerto Rico$32,510$23,440$36,890
Mayaguez, PR$25,650$20,580$33,630
Ponce, PR$24,800$23,230$36,000

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Respiratory Therapists make?▾

The median annual salary for a Respiratory Therapists is $80,450, with a typical range of $61,900 – $108,820 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Respiratory Therapists?▾

Entry-level Respiratory Therapists positions typically start around $61,900 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Respiratory Therapistss earn the most?▾

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