H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1123Rank #27Updated Sep 2026

Physical Therapists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Physical Therapists (SOC 29-1123). Based on 47,786 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$83,658
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$77,750
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$95,000
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,820
Rank #27 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I7,063$70,262$76,190$82,472
Level II4,249$82,160$88,192$95,680
Level III1,377$93,642$99,986$108,992
Level IV402$105,234$120,000$134,530
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$70,262$76,190$82,472
Level II$82,160$88,192$95,680
Level III$93,642$99,986$108,992
Level IV$105,234$120,000$134,530

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1NY7,971$68,640
2MI4,748$70,485
3TX4,042$72,800
4IL3,922$68,000
5CA2,739$90,480
6FL2,391$64,522
7IN1,930$74,880
8MD1,860$73,715
9NJ1,786$79,040
10VA1,321$73,278

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$64k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$76k
FY2019$80k
FY2020$81k
FY2021$84k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$84k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$84k
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50 employers filed H-1B LCAs for Physical Therapists — ranked, with certification rates and a sponsor-health signal.

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