Physical therapists help injured or ill patients improve movement and manage pain through rehabilitation. Based on 339 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Physical Therapist is $75,608 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $54,929 |
| 25th | $63,638 |
| 50th (median) | $75,608 |
| 75th | $87,776 |
| 90th (senior) | $100,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 457 matched Physical Therapists petitions.
The median worker is paid -1.9% below the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs -5.9% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 12.5% are paid above their posted wage, 72.4% at it, and 15.1% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 339 filings, 242 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 97 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 29% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UEY Consulting Inc. | 13 | $77,333 |
| 2 | MICHAEL J NEELY, DO PLLC | 11 | $77,193 |
| 3 | ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF SUNRISE | 10 | $82,698 |
| 4 | Elite Golf Performance LLC | 8 | $79,945 |
| 5 | SMSJ Tucson Holdings LLC | 6 | $109,991 |
| 6 | MICHAELJNEELYDO,PLLC | 5 | $77,960 |
| 7 | HIPAD Consulting LLC | 5 | $99,840 |
| 8 | MedStar - Georgetown Medical Center, Inc. | 4 | $76,643 |
| 9 | KIMA PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC | 4 | $94,640 |
| 10 | H2 HOLDCO, INC. | 4 | $87,194 |
| 11 | CONTEXT MEDICAL GROUP,INC | 4 | $48,397 |
| 12 | HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF AUSTIN | 4 | $45,614 |
| 13 | WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL | 4 | $59,004 |
| 14 | NEW ENGLAND REHABILITATION SERVICES OF CENTRAL MAS | 4 | $61,776 |
| 15 | BETTER HEALTHCARE OT/PT/SLP, PLLC | 4 | $93,902 |
| 16 | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas | 4 | $82,897 |
| 17 | ELITE REHABILITATION, INC | 3 | $57,000 |
| 18 | ALPHAVISTA SERVICES INC. | 3 | $84,240 |
| 19 | COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY & BANDERA FITNESS, | 3 | $62,050 |
| 20 | HEALTHSOUTH OF TOMS RIVER, LLC | 3 | $69,763 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 70 | $83,088 |
| Florida | 54 | $75,445 |
| Texas | 52 | $76,471 |
| California | 26 | $69,632 |
| Arizona | 22 | $87,436 |
| New Jersey | 16 | $67,341 |
| Nevada | 11 | $74,719 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | $98,744 |
| Illinois | 8 | $83,886 |
| West Virginia | 7 | $68,931 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | $83,910 |
| Louisiana | 6 | $58,555 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.