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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Therapists, All Other Salary in Pittsburgh, PA

Therapists, All Other in Pittsburgh, PA earn a median annual salary of $62,150, which is -4.4% compared to the national median. There are 120 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Pittsburgh, PA (metro area).

$62,150
Pittsburgh, PA median annual wage
$30/hour median
-4.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $65,010
120
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.89
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$35,080
25th
$44,040
Median
$62,150
75th
$67,780
90th
$68,420

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Pittsburgh, PA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$65,648
Goods: 100.7%
Services: 107.7%
Rents: 72.0%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Lexington-Fayette, KY$108,140Compare100
Anchorage, AK$107,070Compare30
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$101,970Compare100
Omaha, NE-IA$96,080CompareN/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$95,930Compare70
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$92,000Compare50

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Pittsburgh, PA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Psychiatrists$227,2000.87
General Internal Medicine Physicians$212,080N/A
Physicists$211,600N/A
Chief Executives$210,8101.68
Nurse Anesthetists$207,3801.45
Pediatricians, General$195,0501.66
Physicians, All Other$172,4902.13
Computer And Information Systems Managers$154,8700.94

Pittsburgh, PA has salary data for 660 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Therapists, All Other in Pittsburgh, PA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Therapists, All Other are projected to change by +11.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.