Physical Therapist salary in New York

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

The median physical therapist in New York earns $100,660 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $102,760.

It ranks 29th of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $73,580 and the 90th at $136,120 (a ratio of 1.8).

New York has 20,940 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.26: the role is 26% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in New York is $59,670, so this role pays 1.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNew YorkNational
Median annual pay Observed$100,660United States: $102,760
Mean annual pay Observed$102,740United States: $105,280
10th percentile Observed$73,580United States: $77,140
25th percentile Observed$81,470United States: $86,160
75th percentile Observed$121,270United States: $121,160
90th percentile Observed$136,120United States: $135,140
Median hourly pay Observed$48.39United States: $49.40
Employment (jobs) Observed20,940
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.162
Location quotient Observed1.26
Difference from United States median ($102,760) Derived−2%
Rank among 51 states Derived29
Ratio to New York all-occupation median ($59,670) Derived1.69×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived1.85

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 27. Michigan$100,900
  2. 28. Kentucky$100,710
  3. 29. New York$100,660
  4. 30. Wyoming$100,400
  5. 31. Tennessee$100,140

Largest cities in New York: New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx (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.