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Therapy pay in Maryland
Maryland's occupational-therapy and physical-therapy medians are the same dollar. Speech-language pay is the country.
One therapy range went out, built from the top median, and the speech-language candidates were the ones who already had that at home.
Occupational therapists earn $106,980 against $100,330 nationally, 1.07 times the country, with 2,390 employed.
Physical therapists earn $106,890 against $102,760, 1.04 times the country, with 3,940 employed.
The medians match.
At the upper quarter, physical therapists reach $125,440 and occupational therapists reach $123,700.
On the speech-language row, pay is $99,190 against $97,870, 1.01 times the country, with 3,510 employed.
Their 75th percentile is $114,260.
Folding them into the other two medians overstates the letter.
Each occupation
1Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $106,980
- 75th percentile
- $123,700
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 1.07
- State employment
- 2,390
2Physical Therapists
- State median
- $106,890
- 75th percentile
- $125,440
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 1.04
- State employment
- 3,940
3Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $99,190
- 75th percentile
- $114,260
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 1.01
- State employment
- 3,510
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 | Occupational Therapists | $106,980 | $123,700 | $100,330 | 1.07 | 2,390 |
| 2 | Physical Therapists | $106,890 | $125,440 | $102,760 | 1.04 | 3,940 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $99,190 | $114,260 | $97,870 | 1.01 | 3,510 |
Takeaways
- Maryland is 5 of 51 on the physical-therapist sort, even though occupational therapists post the slightly higher median.
- The physical-therapy bench is the largest of the three and still not a bottomless pool.
- A candidate who already works in Maryland is comparing your band with these upper quarters.
- Use the speech-language median when that license is the req. It is not the occupational-therapy median.
For recruiters
- Write two nearly identical bands for occupational and physical therapy, then a third for speech-language.
- For an experienced physical therapist, open the upper quarter rather than defending the shared median.
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 Maryland 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. Maryland is 5 of 51. A row links to the Maryland 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: $106,980 is stated as about $107.0K. $100,330 is stated as about $100.3K. a comparison of 1.07 is stated as 7 percent. $123,700 is stated as about $123.7K. $99,190 is stated as about $99.2K. a comparison of 1.01 is stated as 1 percent. $97,870 is stated as about $97.9K. Rounded figures in the prose: $106,890 is stated as about $106.9K. $125,440 is stated as about $125.4K.
Sources
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