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City of Boston / Carter / Physical Therapist

Job-title file

Physical Therapist

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

1 employees hold this title in Carter. Median total compensation for the role is $152,646, above the department median of $52,992.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$152.6K
Role median
$152,646
Agency median
$52,992
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Physical Therapist pay vs. the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area

Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Physical Therapists — about 5,330 people — is $103,550. Carter pays a median base salary of $144,110 for this role, 39% above that figureabove the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Carter sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$81,220
$94,750
$103,550
$122,380
$130,220
Carter median · $144,110

The bar is the range of annual wages for Physical Therapists across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Carter’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Physical Therapists — about 267,330 people — is $102,760. Carter’s median base salary is 40% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$77,140
$86,160
$102,760
$121,160
$135,140
Carter median · $144,110

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Carter is $152,646, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across City of Boston

Physical Therapist is held in 2 City of Boston departments. In Carter, the median of $152,646 ranks #1 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Special Education
$129,734 · 25

Median total compensation for the Physical Therapist role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Physical Therapist beyond City of Boston

This role is reported in 17 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $130,191 ranks #6 of 17. See Physical Therapist across all of City of Boston

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Median total compensation for comparable Physical Therapistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Maryanne Johnson

Physical Therapist/Carter

2024 total comp
$152,646
Base pay
$144,110
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$8,535
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$152,646
Work ZIP code
02136

Source-specific fields

Id
3891
Other Pay
$5,635
Retro
2,900.21

At Carter, Maryanne Johnson serves as a Physical Therapist. Their 2024 pay totaled $152,646.