SOC 29-1129BLS OEWS May 2025H-1B LCAs, last 12 months
All therapists not listed separately.
National median · BLS
$77,930
▲ +19.87%YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$62,941
▲ +12.39%YoY · 31 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$90,420
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
22,640
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Pay range for Therapists, All Other
Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 31 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.
Percentile
All U.S. workers (BLS)
H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay
$46,540
$51,979
25th
$58,850
$52,562
Median (50th)
$77,930
$62,941
75th
$105,760
$88,262
90th — top pay
$152,530
$96,120
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $62,941 for Therapists, All Other —
19.2% below
the BLS national median of $77,930.
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Projections 2025–2035
Job outlook for Therapists, All Other
BLS projects employment of therapists, all other to grow 12.6% from 2025 to 2035, faster than the 3.5% average for all occupations.
About 3,600 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–2035
H-1B sponsored pay
Pay by H-1B wage level
Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.
H-1B median$62,941
Change vs prior year+12.39%
After inflation (CPI-U)+8.98%
Wage level
LCAs
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P25
Median
P75
Level I
17
54.8%
$52,000
$53,123
$62,400
Top H-1B sponsors for Therapists, All Other
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Therapists, All Other salaries by state
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Therapists, All Other salaries by metro area
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About the job
What workers in this group do
Specialties within this occupation
Art Therapists
Music Therapists
More job titles for this occupation (80)
Activity TherapistActivity Therapy SpecialistAnimal Assisted TherapistAnimal TherapistAromatherapistArt PsychotherapistArt Therapy SpecialistATR (Registered Art Therapist)ATR-BC (Board Certified Art Therapist)AuriculotherapistAviation Medicine SpecialistBoard Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)Certified Art TherapistCertified Music TherapistChemical Dependency TherapistChild Life TherapistClinical Art TherapistClinical FellowColon TherapistCommunity Music TherapistCorrective and Manual Arts TherapistCorrective TherapistCreative Arts Music TherapistCreative Arts TherapistCreative Music TherapistCreative TherapistDoctorDoctor of OsteopathyEar SpecialistEcotherapistEducational TherapistElectrotherapistExercise ScientistExpressive Arts TherapistExpressive Music TherapistExpressive TherapistHealth TherapistHeliotherapistHerb CounselorHerb DoctorHerbalistHome Care Music TherapistHomeopathic DoctorHospice Art TherapistHospice Music TherapistHydrotherapistHypnotherapistIndustrial TherapistKinesiologistKinesiotherapistLCAT (Licensed Creative Arts Therapist)Magnetic DoctorManipulative Therapy SpecialistManual Arts TherapistMedical Art TherapistMedical Doctor (MD)Medical SpecialistMedicine WorkerMovement TherapistMusic Art TherapistMusic Dance TherapistMusic Rehabilitation TherapistMusic TherapistMusic Therapy SpecialistNephrologistNeurologic Music TherapistOncology Art TherapistOsteopathOutpatient TherapistPeripatologistPhysical Integration PractitionerPlay TherapistRehabilitation Creative TherapistRehabilitation Program CoordinatorReiki PractitionerRolferSanipractic PhysicianSex TherapistSexologistTherapist
Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.
