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Physical Therapist Salary in Minnesota (2026)

The average Physical Therapist in Minnesota earns around $98,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $72,632/year ($6,053/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$72,632
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$6,053
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$2,794
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$35/hr
Federal Tax
$12,730
State Tax
$5,141
FICA Taxes
$7,497
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

25.89%
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Physical Therapist Salary Ranges in Minnesota

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$78,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$98,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$135,000

/year

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Not all Physical Therapists earn the same — not even close

Minnesota's physical therapist market is anchored by Mayo Clinic Rochester (top-2 US academic medical center rehabilitation services), M Health Fairview (integrated U of MN + Fairview rehab + sports medicine), Allina Health Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute (substantial neuro + spinal cord rehab specialty), HealthPartners Regions Rehabilitation (orthopedic + cardiac rehab), TRIA Orthopedic Center (Bloomington + Maple Grove + Edina, Twin Cities largest private sports medicine + ortho group), Twin Cities Orthopedics (~70 clinic sites), plus Children's Minnesota Gillette pediatric rehab.

Senior PT (Sports Medicine)

$108,000–$145,000

TRIA + Twin Cities Orthopedics + M Health Sports Medicine · sports medicine + post-op rehab specialty

Senior PT (Orthopedic / Spine)

$98,000–$135,000

Mayo + M Health + Allina ortho rehab · spine + joint replacement post-op specialty

Senior PT (Neurologic / SCI / TBI)

$98,000–$135,000

Courage Kenny (Allina) · Mayo Neuro Rehab · SCI + TBI + stroke + MS specialty

Senior PT (Pediatric)

$95,000–$128,000

Children's MN · Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare · M Health Masonic Children's pediatric

Senior PT (Cardiac / Pulmonary Rehab)

$95,000–$128,000

Mayo + Abbott Northwestern (Allina) + Regions · post-MI + heart failure + COPD rehab

Senior PT (Acute Care / ICU)

$98,000–$135,000

Mayo + M Health + Allina acute care PT · early mobility + ICU PT specialty

Senior PT (Geriatric / Home Health)

$92,000–$125,000

Home health + SNF PT · Mayo Healthcare at Home · LHC Group MN · senior staff band

Mid-Career PT (3-7 yrs)

$82,000–$108,000

Functional staff PT at MN health system · transitioning to senior band

New Grad DPT (0-2 yrs)

$72,000–$92,000

St. Catherine DPT + Concordia + Mayo School of Health Sciences DPT pipeline · entry band

PT Director / Clinic Manager

$115,000–$165,000

Clinic + outpatient PT operations leadership · MN Fortune 500 health system

Worth knowing: Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute (Allina Health Minneapolis) is the deepest neuro rehab + spinal cord injury rehab program in the upper Midwest and a feature most national PT-career surveys understate for MN. Courage Kenny (~600 staff including ~150 PTs + OTs across Twin Cities + outstate MN sites, ~80-year history founded by Sister Kenny in 1942) operates substantial SCI + TBI + stroke + MS + amputee rehab programs at academic-rehab scale, supporting senior neuro-rehab PTs at $98-135K TC. TRIA Orthopedic Center (~700 staff including substantial PT team, MN-based with Bloomington flagship plus Maple Grove + Edina + Woodbury satellite clinics) is the Twin Cities' largest private sports medicine + orthopedic group with substantial post-op + sports rehab specialty. Mayo Clinic Rochester operates top-tier academic rehab across substantial neuro + ortho + cardiac + pulmonary rehab subspecialties. St. Catherine University DPT St. Paul is the largest MN DPT program (one of three MN DPT-granting institutions alongside Concordia + Mayo School of Health Sciences). MN's 9.85% top bracket catches senior PT comp at $150K+ TC modestly — most senior PT comp lands $100-135K so MN bracket impact is moderate.

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