Highest-paying Cities for Physical Therapist Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for physical therapist aides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of physical therapist aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $81,680, South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois is the highest paying city for physical therapist aides. It is followed by Springfield, Illinois (average annual salary $60,570). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of physical therapist aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Physical Therapist Aides

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$81,680	$46,430	250
2	Springfield, Illinois	$60,570	$23,460	n/a
3	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$52,430	$27,080	30
4	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$49,410	$28,190	160
5	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$44,030	$30,500	60
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$43,830	$35,010	40
7	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$41,770	$22,900	160
8	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,990	$31,140	60
9	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$39,370	$31,240	40
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,690	$35,960	430
11	Boulder, Colorado	$38,690	$37,050	40
12	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,430	$31,560	180
13	Gary, Indiana	$38,310	$30,540	30
14	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$38,020	$28,920	40
15	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$36,930	$23,410	40
16	St Cloud, Minnesota	$36,840	$29,930	n/a
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$36,820	$36,120	1,080
18	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$36,810	$20,760	60
19	Fargo, North Dakota	$36,500	$28,700	40
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,380	$29,950	360
21	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,310	$32,140	30
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,230	$35,280	280
23	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,970	$28,320	30
24	Madison, Wisconsin	$35,410	$23,920	60
25	Springfield, Massachusetts	$35,240	$30,290	50
26	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$35,150	$25,330	50
27	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,110	$22,410	50
28	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,110	$32,880	70
29	Yakima, Washington	$35,040	$31,270	30
30	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$34,940	$33,110	50
31	Olympia, Washington	$34,940	$32,690	40
32	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$34,930	$27,460	90
33	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$34,820	$31,340	n/a
34	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$34,800	$27,300	70
35	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$34,750	$27,570	30
36	Framingham, Massachusetts	$34,480	$25,440	30
37	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$34,460	$23,960	110
38	Salinas, California	$34,430	$31,290	70
39	Duluth, Wisconsin	$34,370	$20,460	40
40	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$34,340	$28,250	320
41	Spokane, Washington	$34,320	$30,980	110
42	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,300	$20,780	60
43	Columbus, Ohio	$34,260	$25,830	70
44	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$34,240	$25,010	70
45	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,200	$31,210	2,760
46	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,160	$27,710	50
47	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$34,000	$30,380	740
48	Kansas City, Missouri	$33,920	$20,920	160
49	Peabody, Massachusetts	$33,860	$27,600	40
50	Yuba City, California	$33,820	$30,870	40
51	Chico, California	$33,810	$29,630	70
52	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$33,780	$31,610	30
53	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$33,650	$27,180	4,890
54	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$33,650	$31,410	60
55	Salem, Oregon	$33,600	$28,550	50
56	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,560	$31,130	50
57	Reading, Pennsylvania	$33,560	$20,790	30
58	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$33,530	$30,950	50
59	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$33,370	$31,000	890
60	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$33,300	$30,270	80
61	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$33,260	$31,390	340
62	Stockton, California	$33,260	$30,180	80
63	Fresno, California	$33,190	$29,590	200
64	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$33,130	$30,570	280
65	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$33,080	$28,290	60
66	New Haven, Connecticut	$33,050	$29,160	90
67	Bend, Oregon	$33,040	$30,070	30
68	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$33,020	$27,940	110
69	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$33,010	$27,580	550
70	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$32,980	$28,250	30
71	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$32,960	$25,400	60
72	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$32,760	$31,200	140
73	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$32,690	$22,260	1,020
74	Lynchburg, Virginia	$32,670	$22,880	30
75	Worcester, Massachusetts	$32,530	$30,150	30
76	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$32,520	$27,770	n/a
77	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$32,430	$24,960	50
78	Charlottesville, Virginia	$32,360	$25,580	170
79	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$32,270	$29,950	340
80	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$32,240	$28,750	770
81	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$32,100	$26,320	380
82	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$31,950	$26,740	70
83	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$31,930	$27,770	50
84	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$31,930	$21,980	40
85	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$31,910	$17,030	n/a
86	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$31,870	$28,910	130
87	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$31,790	$22,120	790
88	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$31,750	$24,780	40
89	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$31,750	$21,580	40
90	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$31,700	$27,040	50
91	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$31,670	$22,030	30
92	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$31,670	$26,920	40
93	Binghamton, New York	$31,650	$27,460	30
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$31,510	$27,040	1,030
95	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,480	$21,500	50
96	Burlington, North Carolina	$31,460	$25,920	n/a
97	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$31,460	$19,300	40
98	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$31,460	$26,210	30
99	Utica-Rome, New York	$31,420	$28,260	30
100	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$31,410	$22,000	800

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for physical therapist aides.