Physical Therapists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,267
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$22,543
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,688
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$105,810
Kept after tax
$83,267
Worth in national money
$85,688
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for physical therapists. The middle earner takes $105,810, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.97% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, physical therapists ranks 49 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $105,810, tax leaves $83,267, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $85,688 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $109,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for physical therapists, at $105,810 — about 2.97% 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 Texas publishes a median for, physical therapists sits 49 of 493 — 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for physical therapists — median $105,810 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $83,267 retained, $85,688 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $109,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physical Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,050 |
| This salary | $105,810 |
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 Texas | $83,267 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $83,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,199 |
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 | $105,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,646 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $105,810. The published range is $76,600 up to $139,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $83,267, from $105,810, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 49 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $85,688 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 49.
- Reported values are medians; for physical therapists in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,600 to $139,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $83,267 from $105,810. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 49 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,688, worked from $105,810, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Texas address, on work sitting at 49 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $109,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,600 at the tenth percentile, $139,050 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 $85,688.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $83,267 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Texas is $109,270. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,600 to $139,050) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas'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 $85,688 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $83,267 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.