Physical Therapists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,208
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$23,842
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,272
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$103,050
Kept after tax
$79,208
Worth in national money
$86,272
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is one of the better-paying states for physical therapists. The middle earner takes $103,050, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.28% above the national middle.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, physical therapists ranks 41 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $103,050 you keep $79,208 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $86,272 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $102,740.
- Ohio ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for physical therapists, at $103,050 — about 0.28% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, physical therapists sits 41 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $79,208 after the full tax stack, from $103,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $86,272 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,060 |
| This salary | $103,050 |
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 Ohio | $79,208 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,326 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,582 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $100,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,567 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of physical therapists in Ohio earn under $103,050 and half over. The published range runs $79,070 at the tenth percentile to $126,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,208 take-home in Ohio comes from $103,050. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 41 of 494.
- Two cautions on $86,272, the adjusted value of that $103,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. 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 41 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $79,070 to $126,060; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $79,208, from $103,050, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 41 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- This $86,272 adjusted figure, worked from $103,050, 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 41 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 41 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $79,070 at the tenth percentile, $126,060 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $86,272.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $79,208 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,070 to $126,060) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Ohio rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $86,272 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $79,208 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.