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Physical Therapists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Traverse City, MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physical Therapists is $141,980 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $101,640 per year in Traverse City, MI. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 39.7% above Traverse City, MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1123 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 3,140 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 240 in Traverse City, MI. 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