Physical Therapist salary in New York, NY

Based on 796 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Bronx, Jersey City, Yonkers, Flushing.

Also listed as: Physical Therapy

Median salary$93,309
Middle 50%$78.8k–$99.8k
vs. national median+13%comparison median $82,638
Filings796FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $77,979 and $145,030.
PercentileSalary
10th$77,979
25th$78,790
50th (median)$93,309
75th$99,840
90th$114,400

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $82,160 (330 filings) FY2021: median $85,342 (326 filings) FY2022: median $85,000 (327 filings) FY2023: median $86,362 (287 filings) FY2024: median $90,667 (301 filings) FY2025: median $86,504 (460 filings) FY2026: median $93,954 (336 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 330 filings FY20 FY2021: 326 filings FY21 FY2022: 327 filings FY22 FY2023: 287 filings FY23 FY2024: 301 filings FY24 FY2025: 460 filings FY25 FY2026: 336 filings FY26 460
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$82,160$71,250$89,940330
FY2021$85,342$73,500$90,000326
FY2022$85,000$76,461$91,760327
FY2023$86,362$74,000$98,276287
FY2024$90,667$79,227$96,736301
FY2025$86,504$77,979$97,190460
FY2026$93,954$78,790$103,250336

Cost of living

New York's median Physical Therapist salary of $93,309 is worth about $82,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Physical Therapists in the New York, NY area earned a median of $107,650 in May 2025 (21,240 employed). The H-1B median here is $93,309, 13% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $78,790 440
Mid-level · Level II $94,000 235
Senior · Level III $110,240 91
Expert · Level IV $128,480 28

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$77,979$78,790440
Mid-level · Level II$93,954$94,000235
Senior · Level III$109,138$110,24091
Expert · Level IV$123,968$128,48028

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.