Physical Therapists Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Physical Therapists in Richmond, Virginia earns $103,840 a year.

$103,840 / year, mean
↓ 1.9% below national average 78th percentile in Virginia

Richmond pays well above most of Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for physical therapists — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,300
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.5%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $145,040 San Jose $140,090 Napa $136,360 Santa Rosa $135,520 Vallejo $132,660 Merced $132,390 Santa Maria $129,040 Sacramento $128,040 Santa Cruz $126,730 Bakersfield $124,100 Modesto $124,040 Salinas $122,100 Stockton $121,990 Riverside $121,540 Fresno $121,460 Decatur $121,330 Chico $121,120 Hanford $119,800 Oxnard $119,010 El Centro $116,530 Los Angeles $115,890 San Diego $114,510 Mount Vernon $112,710 Lexington Park $112,110 Redding $111,990 Austin $111,940 Springfield $111,740 Albany $111,470 Houston $111,440 Kennewick $111,200 Midland $111,040 Beaumont $110,930 Dallas $110,570 New York $110,480 Chicago $110,460 Seattle $110,330 San Luis Obispo $109,920 Trenton $109,910 Saginaw $109,820 Odessa $109,740 Longview $109,400 Sherman $109,390 Portland $109,210 Longview $109,180 Winchester $108,930 Tyler $108,730 Baltimore $108,710 Salisbury $108,420 Amarillo $108,320 Wenatchee $108,290 Walla Walla $108,100 San Antonio $108,060 Philadelphia $107,920 Williamsport $107,760 Gettysburg $107,260 Yuba City $106,920 Vineland $106,830 Charlottesville $106,770 Dover $106,280 Yakima $106,140 San Angelo $105,960 Texarkana $105,860 College Station $105,840 McAllen $105,810 Naples $105,620 Corpus Christi $105,360 Olympia $105,350 Jackson $105,220 Allentown $105,020 Grants Pass $105,010 Atlantic City $104,980 Sarasota $104,950 Kankakee $104,790 Bremerton $104,570 Homosassa Springs $104,470 Waco $104,270 Richmond $103,840 Lancaster $103,770 Peoria $103,650 Detroit $103,640 Bellingham $103,600 Rockford $103,440 Indianapolis $103,380 Eugene $103,170 Visalia $103,110 Salem $102,990 Ann Arbor $102,980 York $102,940 Wheeling $102,840 Niles $102,750 Brownsville $102,660 Port St. Lucie $102,630 Ithaca $102,620 Battle Creek $102,550 El Paso $102,320 Spokane $102,310 Charleston $102,230 Lynchburg $102,190 Bend $102,140 Chambersburg $102,050 South Bend $101,950 Monroe $101,900 Reading $101,520 Virginia Beach $101,470 Victoria $101,380 Medford $101,280 Lubbock $101,260 Lebanon $101,240 Elkhart $101,040 Hagerstown $100,890 Staunton $100,860 Huntington $100,800 Corvallis $100,740 Kiryas Joel $100,660 Kokomo $100,600 Laredo $100,570 Bloomington $100,510 Louisville $100,480 Harrisburg $100,460 Tampa $100,440 Bloomington $100,380 Champaign $100,260 Killeen $100,250 Punta Gorda $100,220 Kalamazoo $100,160 Orlando $100,120 Elizabethtown $100,100 Scranton $99,980 Fort Myers $99,910 Traverse City $99,860 Wichita Falls $99,650 Abilene $99,550 Deltona $99,540 Columbus $99,460 Terre Haute $98,860 Jacksonville $98,640 Gainesville $98,630 Lafayette $98,550 State College $98,370 Fort Wayne $98,280 Harrisonburg $98,120 Paducah $98,040 Binghamton $98,000 Crestview $97,920 Wildwood $97,750 Muncie $97,670 Kingston $97,630 Sebastian $97,550 Midland $97,240 Palm Bay $97,140 Glens Falls $96,990 Evansville $96,890 Michigan City $96,760 Flint $96,480 Lansing $96,420 Grand Rapids $96,220 Altoona $96,170 Miami $96,160 Pensacola $96,000 Lexington $95,920 Elmira $95,890 Blacksburg $95,680 Roanoke $95,570 Lakeland $95,420 Bowling Green $95,290 Tallahassee $95,210 Muskegon $94,790 Parkersburg $94,700 Weirton $94,690 Johnstown $94,670 Beckley $94,440 Erie $94,100 Pittsburgh $93,960 Bay City $93,690 Syracuse $93,460 Morgantown $93,340 Sebring $93,180 Owensboro $92,960 Buffalo $92,460 Albany $91,820 Utica $91,360 Watertown $90,870 Panama City $90,670 Ocala $89,560 Rochester $87,550
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Abilene, Texas$99,550-4.1%
Albany, Oregon$111,470+7.3%
Albany, New York$91,820-11.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$105,020+1.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$96,170-7.4%
Amarillo, Texas$108,320+4.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$102,980-0.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$104,980+1.1%
Austin, Texas$111,940+7.8%
Bakersfield, California$124,100+19.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$108,710+4.7%
Battle Creek, Michigan$102,550-1.2%
Bay City, Michigan$93,690-9.8%
Beaumont, Texas$110,930+6.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$94,440-9.1%
Bellingham, Washington$103,600-0.2%
Bend, Oregon$102,140-1.6%
Binghamton, New York$98,000-5.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$95,680-7.9%
Bloomington, Illinois$100,380-3.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$100,510-3.2%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$95,290-8.2%
Bremerton, Washington$104,570+0.7%
Brownsville, Texas$102,660-1.1%
Buffalo, New York$92,460-11.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$99,910-3.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$102,050-1.7%
Champaign, Illinois$100,260-3.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$102,230-1.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$106,770+2.8%
Chicago, Illinois$110,460+6.4%
Chico, California$121,120+16.6%
College Station, Texas$105,840+1.9%
Columbus, Indiana$99,460-4.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$105,360+1.5%
Corvallis, Oregon$100,740-3.0%
Crestview, Florida$97,920-5.7%
Dallas, Texas$110,570+6.5%
Decatur, Illinois$121,330+16.8%
Deltona, Florida$99,540-4.1%
Detroit, Michigan$103,640-0.2%
Dover, Delaware$106,280+2.3%
El Centro, California$116,530+12.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$100,100-3.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$101,040-2.7%
Elmira, New York$95,890-7.7%
El Paso, Texas$102,320-1.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$94,100-9.4%
Eugene, Oregon$103,170-0.6%
Evansville, Indiana$96,890-6.7%
Flint, Michigan$96,480-7.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$98,280-5.4%
Fresno, California$121,460+17.0%
Gainesville, Florida$98,630-5.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$107,260+3.3%
Glens Falls, New York$96,990-6.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$96,220-7.3%
Grants Pass, Oregon$105,010+1.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$100,890-2.8%
Hanford, California$119,800+15.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$100,460-3.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$98,120-5.5%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$104,470+0.6%
Houston, Texas$111,440+7.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$100,800-2.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$103,380-0.4%
Ithaca, New York$102,620-1.2%
Jackson, Michigan$105,220+1.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$98,640-5.0%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$94,670-8.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$100,160-3.5%
Kankakee, Illinois$104,790+0.9%
Kennewick, Washington$111,200+7.1%
Killeen, Texas$100,250-3.5%
Kingston, New York$97,630-6.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$100,660-3.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$100,600-3.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$98,550-5.1%
Lakeland, Florida$95,420-8.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$103,770-0.1%
Lansing, Michigan$96,420-7.1%
Laredo, Texas$100,570-3.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$101,240-2.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$95,920-7.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$112,110+8.0%
Longview, Texas$109,180+5.1%
Longview, Washington$109,400+5.4%
Los Angeles, California$115,890+11.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$100,480-3.2%
Lubbock, Texas$101,260-2.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$102,190-1.6%
McAllen, Texas$105,810+1.9%
Medford, Oregon$101,280-2.5%
Merced, California$132,390+27.5%
Miami, Florida$96,160-7.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$96,760-6.8%
Midland, Michigan$97,240-6.4%
Midland, Texas$111,040+6.9%
Modesto, California$124,040+19.5%
Monroe, Michigan$101,900-1.9%
Morgantown, West Virginia$93,340-10.1%
Mount Vernon, Washington$112,710+8.5%
Muncie, Indiana$97,670-5.9%
Muskegon, Michigan$94,790-8.7%
Napa, California$136,360+31.3%
Naples, Florida$105,620+1.7%
New York, New York$110,480+6.4%
Niles, Michigan$102,750-1.0%
Sarasota, Florida$104,950+1.1%
Ocala, Florida$89,560-13.8%
Odessa, Texas$109,740+5.7%
Olympia, Washington$105,350+1.5%
Orlando, Florida$100,120-3.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$92,960-10.5%
Oxnard, California$119,010+14.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$98,040-5.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$97,140-6.5%
Panama City, Florida$90,670-12.7%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$94,700-8.8%
Pensacola, Florida$96,000-7.6%
Peoria, Illinois$103,650-0.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$107,920+3.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$93,960-9.5%
Portland, Oregon$109,210+5.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$102,630-1.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$100,220-3.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$101,520-2.2%
Redding, California$111,990+7.8%
Riverside, California$121,540+17.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$95,570-8.0%
Rochester, New York$87,550-15.7%
Rockford, Illinois$103,440-0.4%
Sacramento, California$128,040+23.3%
Saginaw, Michigan$109,820+5.8%
Salem, Oregon$102,990-0.8%
Salinas, California$122,100+17.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$108,420+4.4%
San Angelo, Texas$105,960+2.0%
San Antonio, Texas$108,060+4.1%
San Diego, California$114,510+10.3%
San Francisco, California$145,040+39.7%
San Jose, California$140,090+34.9%
San Luis Obispo, California$109,920+5.9%
Santa Cruz, California$126,730+22.0%
Santa Maria, California$129,040+24.3%
Santa Rosa, California$135,520+30.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$99,980-3.7%
Seattle, Washington$110,330+6.2%
Sebastian, Florida$97,550-6.1%
Sebring, Florida$93,180-10.3%
Sherman, Texas$109,390+5.3%
South Bend, Indiana$101,950-1.8%
Spokane, Washington$102,310-1.5%
Springfield, Illinois$111,740+7.6%
State College, Pennsylvania$98,370-5.3%
Staunton, Virginia$100,860-2.9%
Stockton, California$121,990+17.5%
Syracuse, New York$93,460-10.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$95,210-8.3%
Tampa, Florida$100,440-3.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$98,860-4.8%
Texarkana, Texas$105,860+1.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$99,860-3.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$109,910+5.8%
Tyler, Texas$108,730+4.7%
Utica, New York$91,360-12.0%
Vallejo, California$132,660+27.8%
Victoria, Texas$101,380-2.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$106,830+2.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$101,470-2.3%
Visalia, California$103,110-0.7%
Waco, Texas$104,270+0.4%
Walla Walla, Washington$108,100+4.1%
Watertown, New York$90,870-12.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$94,690-8.8%
Wenatchee, Washington$108,290+4.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$102,840-1.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$99,650-4.0%
Wildwood, Florida$97,750-5.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$107,760+3.8%
Winchester, Virginia$108,930+4.9%
Yakima, Washington$106,140+2.2%
York, Pennsylvania$102,940-0.9%
Yuba City, California$106,920+3.0%
Gross salary
103,840/yr
Estimated take-home
76,725/yr
Est. total withheld
26.1%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-1123 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321