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Physical Therapist Aides pay in Abilene, TX and Rochester, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physical Therapist Aides is $49,790 per year in Abilene, TX. It is $35,200 per year in Rochester, NY. Abilene, TX is 41.4% above Rochester, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-2022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Abilene, TX and 60 in Rochester, NY. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings