Salaries / Physical Therapist
Healthcare · SOC 29-1123
Physical Therapist salary
Physical therapists help injured or ill people improve movement and manage pain, in clinics, hospitals, and home care.
Median annual
$99,000
Median hourly
$47.60
Typical range
$72,000 to $130,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
Your skills are a business
Ideas we have for people in healthcare.
The same experience that earns a paycheck as a physical therapist can start a business. Here are real ideas from our marketplace that fit this field.
Start a Mobile Rehab Therapy Practice (PT, OT, Speech)
For licensed PTs, OTs, and SLPs: leave the clinic grind and treat clients in their homes with a cash-based mobile practice you fully own.
Infrared Sauna and Cold Plunge Studio
Open a contrast-therapy studio where members book infrared sauna and cold plunge sessions for recovery, stress relief, and that trend everyone is chasing, sold by session packages and memberships.
Lymphatic and Compression Recovery Studio
Run a recovery studio offering lymphatic drainage massage, compression boots, and post-op and post-workout recovery sessions, sold by package and membership to a wellness-hungry local market.
Start a Mobile IV Therapy Business
Bring IV hydration and vitamin drips to clients' homes, events, and offices, charging $150 to $300 per visit under proper medical oversight.
You could hire physical therapists, not just be one.
We have a staffing calculator to price the work and a full course on how to start a staffing agency, so you can turn a field you already know into a business that puts other people to work.