Physical Therapist salary in Minnesota

Official occupation: 29-1123 Physical Therapists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median physical therapist in Minnesota earns $102,010 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $102,760.

It ranks 18th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $83,570 and the 90th at $121,340 (a ratio of 1.5).

About 5,180 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 1.02).

For context, the median across all occupations in Minnesota is $56,920, so this role pays 1.8 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureMinnesotaNational
Median annual pay Observed$102,010United States: $102,760
Mean annual pay Observed$102,240United States: $105,280
10th percentile Observed$83,570United States: $77,140
25th percentile Observed$94,820United States: $86,160
75th percentile Observed$107,160United States: $121,160
90th percentile Observed$121,340United States: $135,140
Median hourly pay Observed$49.04United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed5,180
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.756
Location quotient Observed1.02
Difference from United States median ($102,760) Derived−1%
Rank among 51 states Derived18
Ratio to Minnesota all-occupation median ($56,920) Derived1.79×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived1.45

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 16. Delaware$102,050
  2. 17. Colorado$102,030
  3. 18. Minnesota$102,010
  4. 19. Wisconsin$101,840
  5. 20. Hawaii$101,700

Largest cities in Minnesota: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Rochester, Bloomington, Duluth (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.