Physical Therapist Aides Salary — Traverse City, Michigan

The average Physical Therapist Aides in Traverse City, Michigan earns $29,860 a year.

$29,860 / year, mean
↓ 19.0% below national average 43th percentile in Michigan

Traverse City sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for physical therapist aides, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.1%
Cost of living 93 #121 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $421,806 #44 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $77,495 #60 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Traverse City ranks #121 for cost of living and #44 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $51,380 Santa Cruz $50,620 San Francisco $49,270 Seattle $47,620 Indianapolis $46,110 San Diego $45,640 Visalia $44,590 Abilene $44,090 Los Angeles $42,660 Riverside $41,800 Salinas $41,300 Stockton $41,090 Sacramento $41,040 Santa Maria $40,700 Santa Rosa $40,480 Fresno $40,440 Oxnard $40,280 Modesto $40,170 Merced $39,940 Chico $39,840 Vallejo $39,780 Evansville $39,380 Portland $39,270 Bremerton $38,730 New York $38,670 Lexington $38,640 Pittsburgh $38,430 Bakersfield $38,220 Tampa $38,220 Fort Myers $38,210 Chicago $38,100 Medford $38,080 Atlantic City $38,050 San Luis Obispo $37,850 Buffalo $37,750 Redding $37,570 Harrisburg $37,560 Allentown $37,440 Jacksonville $37,370 Rochester $37,050 Gainesville $37,030 Bend $36,990 Sarasota $36,990 Kiryas Joel $36,870 Miami $36,780 Dallas $36,610 Port St. Lucie $36,370 Albany $36,150 Baltimore $35,950 Virginia Beach $35,890 Salem $35,830 Eugene $35,740 Texarkana $35,700 Syracuse $35,430 Louisville $35,360 Corvallis $35,070 Orlando $34,940 Charlottesville $34,740 Grand Rapids $34,280 Richmond $34,140 Trenton $34,140 Dover $34,110 Midland $33,860 Scranton $33,710 Houston $33,680 Philadelphia $33,660 Ann Arbor $33,400 Fort Wayne $33,150 Waco $32,950 San Antonio $32,300 Tallahassee $32,240 Beaumont $32,130 Corpus Christi $31,920 Killeen $31,860 Detroit $31,240 Lansing $30,470 Traverse City $29,860 Wichita Falls $29,700 Lubbock $29,130 College Station $28,460 Flint $28,460 Kalamazoo $28,250 El Paso $28,070 Amarillo $28,000 Brownsville $27,450 Odessa $26,710 McAllen $26,560 Laredo $23,740
CityMean salaryvs. Traverse City
Abilene, Texas$44,090+47.7%
Albany, New York$36,150+21.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$37,440+25.4%
Amarillo, Texas$28,000-6.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$33,400+11.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$38,050+27.4%
Bakersfield, California$38,220+28.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$35,950+20.4%
Beaumont, Texas$32,130+7.6%
Bend, Oregon$36,990+23.9%
Bremerton, Washington$38,730+29.7%
Brownsville, Texas$27,450-8.1%
Buffalo, New York$37,750+26.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$38,210+28.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$34,740+16.3%
Chicago, Illinois$38,100+27.6%
Chico, California$39,840+33.4%
College Station, Texas$28,460-4.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$31,920+6.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$35,070+17.4%
Dallas, Texas$36,610+22.6%
Detroit, Michigan$31,240+4.6%
Dover, Delaware$34,110+14.2%
El Paso, Texas$28,070-6.0%
Eugene, Oregon$35,740+19.7%
Evansville, Indiana$39,380+31.9%
Flint, Michigan$28,460-4.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$33,150+11.0%
Fresno, California$40,440+35.4%
Gainesville, Florida$37,030+24.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$34,280+14.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$37,560+25.8%
Houston, Texas$33,680+12.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$46,110+54.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$37,370+25.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$28,250-5.4%
Killeen, Texas$31,860+6.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$36,870+23.5%
Lansing, Michigan$30,470+2.0%
Laredo, Texas$23,740-20.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$38,640+29.4%
Los Angeles, California$42,660+42.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$35,360+18.4%
Lubbock, Texas$29,130-2.4%
McAllen, Texas$26,560-11.1%
Medford, Oregon$38,080+27.5%
Merced, California$39,940+33.8%
Miami, Florida$36,780+23.2%
Midland, Texas$33,860+13.4%
Modesto, California$40,170+34.5%
New York, New York$38,670+29.5%
Sarasota, Florida$36,990+23.9%
Odessa, Texas$26,710-10.5%
Orlando, Florida$34,940+17.0%
Oxnard, California$40,280+34.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$33,660+12.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,430+28.7%
Portland, Oregon$39,270+31.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$36,370+21.8%
Redding, California$37,570+25.8%
Richmond, Virginia$34,140+14.3%
Riverside, California$41,800+40.0%
Rochester, New York$37,050+24.1%
Sacramento, California$41,040+37.4%
Salem, Oregon$35,830+20.0%
Salinas, California$41,300+38.3%
San Antonio, Texas$32,300+8.2%
San Diego, California$45,640+52.8%
San Francisco, California$49,270+65.0%
San Jose, California$51,380+72.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$37,850+26.8%
Santa Cruz, California$50,620+69.5%
Santa Maria, California$40,700+36.3%
Santa Rosa, California$40,480+35.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$33,710+12.9%
Seattle, Washington$47,620+59.5%
Stockton, California$41,090+37.6%
Syracuse, New York$35,430+18.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$32,240+8.0%
Tampa, Florida$38,220+28.0%
Texarkana, Texas$35,700+19.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$34,140+14.3%
Vallejo, California$39,780+33.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$35,890+20.2%
Visalia, California$44,590+49.3%
Waco, Texas$32,950+10.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$29,700-0.5%
Gross salary
29,860/yr
Estimated take-home
25,150/yr
Est. total withheld
15.8%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 31-2022 SOC code
Official area Traverse City, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
154,657