Entry-level Physical Therapist salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 48 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Mascoutah, Swansea, Lebanon, Carlinville, Edwardsville.

Also listed as: Physical Therapy

Median salary$75,733
Middle 50%$72.1k–$75.7k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $75,733
Filings48FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $72,134 and $77,247.
PercentileSalary
10th$72,134
25th$72,134
50th (median)$75,733
75th$75,733
90th$75,733

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2022: median $62,421 (12 filings) FY2023: median $62,795 (10 filings) FY2024: median $69,472 (18 filings) FY2025: median $72,134 (24 filings) FY2026: median $75,733 (24 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 24 filings FY26 24
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–––2
FY2021–––3
FY2022$62,421$62,421$62,79512
FY2023$62,795$62,795$62,79510
FY2024$69,472$69,472$69,47218
FY2025$72,134$72,134$72,13424
FY2026$75,733$75,733$75,73324

Cost of living

St. Louis's median entry-level Physical Therapist salary of $75,733 is worth about $79,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Physical Therapists in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $100,600 in May 2025 (2,480 employed). The H-1B median here is $75,733, 25% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Grandison Management$75,73344
BJC Health Systemtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $75,733 48
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$72,134$75,73348

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.