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Therapy pay in Massachusetts
Massachusetts therapy hiring should start from headcount before Massachusetts argues about the local wage.
Massachusetts employs 6,850 physical therapists, so Massachusetts should count bodies before dollars.
Massachusetts physical therapists earn about $103.8K, 1% above the national median.
Massachusetts occupational therapists close the sheet at about $100.9K, and Massachusetts should keep them.
Each occupation
1Physical Therapists
- State median
- $103,790
- 75th percentile
- $121,710
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 6,850
2Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $101,310
- 75th percentile
- $119,100
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 5,290
3Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $100,930
- 75th percentile
- $110,180
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 6,510
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapists | $103,790 | $121,710 | $102,760 | 1.01 | 6,850 |
| 2 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $101,310 | $119,100 | $97,870 | 1.04 | 5,290 |
| 3 | Occupational Therapists | $100,930 | $110,180 | $100,330 | 1.01 | 6,510 |
Takeaways
- Massachusetts physical therapists stretch to about $121.7K at the 75th percentile in Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts offers cloned from about $102.8K nationally barely move the Massachusetts physical therapist needle.
- Massachusetts employs 6,510 occupational therapists, so Massachusetts headcount is close to the lead role.
- Massachusetts can stretch occupational therapists toward about $110.2K when Massachusetts wants a senior hire.
For recruiters
- Count Massachusetts physical therapists before Massachusetts debates whether the wage looks ordinary.
- Keep Massachusetts occupational therapists on the sheet before Massachusetts closes the req packet.
- Capture the Massachusetts wage in the Hiring Pack.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the Massachusetts median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 3 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Physical Therapists state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. Massachusetts is 11 of 51. A row links to the Massachusetts metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $103,790 is stated as about $103.8K. $102,760 is stated as about $102.8K. a comparison of 1.01 is stated as 1 percent. $121,710 is stated as about $121.7K. $100,930 is stated as about $100.9K. $100,330 is stated as about $100.3K. Rounded figures in the prose: $110,180 is stated as about $110.2K.
Sources
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