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29-1123 Physical Therapists

Occupational Description:
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2025

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southwest Minnesota	250	27	$49.17/hr	$39.26/hr	$41.63/hr	$48.07/hr	$50.98/hr	$58.88/hr
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	30	7	$52.83/hr	$39.43/hr	$40.11/hr	$47.06/hr	$53.93/hr	$57.66/hr
EDR 8 - Southwest	80	15	$47.81/hr	$38.78/hr	$40.44/hr	$46.51/hr	$50.17/hr	$58.88/hr
EDR 9 - South Central	150	23	$49.18/hr	$40.35/hr	$43.08/hr	$49.23/hr	$52.88/hr	$59.36/hr
Minnesota	5,220	642	$48.12/hr	$39.81/hr	$42.94/hr	$48.21/hr	$50.42/hr	$56.49/hr
U S	248,630	2,735	$49.93/hr	$36.29/hr	$40.70/hr	$49.26/hr	$57.14/hr	$64.60/hr

Leading Industries for Physical Therapists

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Professional and Business Services	200	$44.63/hr
Education and Health Services	4,960	$48.21/hr
Public Administration	60	$50.98/hr

Other Regional Data for Physical Therapists

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Balance of State	80	$51.94/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	100	$49.23/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	110	$41.68/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	150	$47.03/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	170	$50.19/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	170	$46.43/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	190	$49.26/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	250	$48.07/hr	14.6%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	270	$43.39/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	300	$44.50/hr	10.0%
Fargo ND-MN MSA	320	$41.68/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	370	$48.60/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	400	$48.43/hr	12.3%
Rochester MN MSA	400	$45.99/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	430	$48.18/hr	13.3%
Southeast Minnesota	550	$46.88/hr	12.3%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	3,140	$48.21/hr	9.2%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	3,430	$48.22/hr	N/A
Minnesota	5,220	$48.21/hr	10.7%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Exercise Physiologists	150	$30.08/hr	9.5%
Athletic Trainers	840	$65,254.03/yr	13.4%
Nurse Midwives	260	$62.01/hr	5.7%
Chiropractors	1,000	$44.75/hr	9.0%
Physical Therapist Assistants	1,290	$30.93/hr	24.3%
Nurse Practitioners	8,690	$62.69/hr	43.8%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	530	$38.17/hr	8.1%
Occupational Therapy Assistants	690	$29.61/hr	20.1%
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	12,740	$29.68/hr	3.5%

Task for Physical Therapists

Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.