 
Median annual earnings of physical therapists were $57,330 in 2002. The middle 50 percent earned between $48,480 and $70.050. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $40,200, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $86,260. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of physical therapists in 2002 were as follows:
| Home health care services |
$62,480 |
| Offices of other health practitioners |
58,510 |
| Offices of physicians |
57,640 |
| Nursing care facilities |
57,570 |
| General medical and surgical hospitals |
57,200 |
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