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Underpaid detector

Am I Underpaid as a Physical Therapist?

Compare your salary against the live Physical Therapist market and quantify annual, five-year, and lifetime gaps.

Underpaid by

18%

Underpaid

Annual gap

$18,244

Current $83,300

5-year gap

$107,640

If unaddressed

Lifetime gap

$710,601

25-year, 3.5% compounded

SalaryScope Underpaid Score

29

Severity: Underpaid. Market midpoint for Physical Therapist: $101,544.

Recommended next steps

  1. Open the Physical Therapist negotiation playbook and run the market-anchored ask.
  2. If your gap exceeds 12%, benchmark 2–3 outside offers within 6 months — that's the single fastest fix.
  3. Review the certification ROI list to unlock a compounding uplift.
  4. If a promotion is plausible, model it with the promotion guide.

How we calculate market value

Your local market value blends the Physical Therapist national distribution (p10–p90) with your experience curve. The underpaid percentage is the share of market value you're currently missing; the lifetime gap compounds that delta over 25 years at 3.5%.