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Therapy pay in Pennsylvania
Start a Pennsylvania therapy search with the headcount: 11,710 Physical Therapists in the state file.
Start a Pennsylvania therapy search with the headcount: 11,710 Physical Therapists in the state file.
Physical Therapists in Pennsylvania earns about $101.4K. That is 1% under the national median.
Stretch therapy pay for Physical Therapists in Pennsylvania is $116.7K. Further down, Speech-Language Pathologists pays about $93.0K.
Each occupation
1Physical Therapists
- State median
- $101,380
- 75th percentile
- $116,650
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 0.99
- State employment
- 11,710
2Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $98,440
- 75th percentile
- $112,320
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 0.98
- State employment
- 6,560
3Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $92,960
- 75th percentile
- $107,990
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 0.95
- State employment
- 6,570
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 | $101,380 | $116,650 | $102,760 | 0.99 | 11,710 |
| 2 | Occupational Therapists | $98,440 | $112,320 | $100,330 | 0.98 | 6,560 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $92,960 | $107,990 | $97,870 | 0.95 | 6,570 |
Takeaways
- Budget Physical Therapists in Pennsylvania at about $101.4K, 1% under the national median.
- In Pennsylvania, the published 75th percentile for Physical Therapists is $116.7K.
- The Pennsylvania employment cell for Physical Therapists reads 11,710.
- Keep Speech-Language Pathologists on the Pennsylvania note at about $93.0K.
For recruiters
- Start the therapy brief with headcount.
- Write the local median into the offer note.
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 Pennsylvania 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 A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table.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. Pennsylvania is 24 of 51. A row links to the Pennsylvania 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: $101,380 is stated as about $101.4K. $102,760 is stated as about $102.8K. a comparison of 0.99 is stated as 1 percent. $116,650 is stated as about $116.7K. $92,960 is stated as about $93.0K. a comparison of 0.95 is stated as 5 percent. $97,870 is stated as about $97.9K.
Sources
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req.
First Hiring Pack free.
Then Was $24Now $0.99 per req report.
Or Was $149Now $19.99/month unlimited.