Physical Therapists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,746
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$25,914
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,449
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$100,660
Kept after tax
$74,746
Worth in national money
$69,449
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays physical therapists around $100,660 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, physical therapists comes in at 107 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $100,660 the take-home is $74,746. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $69,449 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $102,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For physical therapists the New York median is $100,660, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Physical therapists ranks 107 of 493 occupations by median in New York, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $74,746 for physical therapists, from $100,660. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,449. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $102,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,120 |
| This salary | $100,660 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $74,746 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,644 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,510 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $93,697 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,281 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New York earn less than $100,660. The published range is $73,580 up to $136,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $74,746, worked from $100,660. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 107 of 493.
- Two cautions on $69,449, the adjusted value of that $100,660 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 107 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physical therapists in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $73,580 to $136,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $74,746, on $100,660 for work ranking 107 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 107 of 493 in the state.
- This $69,449 adjusted figure, worked from $100,660, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 107 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 107 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $73,580 and the top tenth $136,120, so most people doing this work in New York sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $69,449 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $74,746 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($73,580 to $136,120) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $69,449 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $74,746 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.