Respiratory Therapists: Jobs, Careers, and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Respiratory Therapy

Employment info for Respiratory Therapy, by major US metro area. The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Respiratory Therapy are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

StateMetro AreaJobsMean SalaryPopularity Index
AlabamaBirmingham450$45,4701.23
AlabamaDecatur30$45,1600.9
AlabamaGadsden50$42,4302.59
AlabamaMobile130$49,2101.07
AlabamaMontgomery70$40,4700.61
AlabamaTuscaloosa40$46,1400.76
ArizonaPhoenix1,660$46,2001.22
ArizonaTucson490$39,6701.86
ArkansasFayetteville60$44,0500.45
ArkansasJonesboro30$41,4501.01
ArkansasLittle Rock500$49,2102.16
CaliforniaBakersfield220$47,8101.22
CaliforniaChico90$56,0301.94
CaliforniaFresno310$61,5501.35
CaliforniaLos Angeles3,610$62,0501.21
CaliforniaMerced50$61,3301.34
CaliforniaOakland660$68,0800.9
CaliforniaOxnard270$62,0701.27
CaliforniaRedding50$50,4501.17
CaliforniaRiverside1,350$57,0201.44
CaliforniaSacramento570$62,0300.89
CaliforniaSalinas70$76,2900.68
CaliforniaSan Diego810$62,3100.86
CaliforniaSan Francisco440$61,6000.63
CaliforniaSan Jose520$74,9000.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,190$62,7101.08
CaliforniaSanta Barbara50$58,4500.44
CaliforniaSanta Rosa120$63,6100.91
CaliforniaStockton120$60,4800.83
CaliforniaVisalia160$52,6901.75
ColoradoBoulder80$50,2400.75
ColoradoDenver630$49,9000.71
ColoradoFort Collins60$49,4300.73
ConnecticutBridgeport240 0.78
ConnecticutHartford380$56,3000.94
ConnecticutNew Haven190$60,5600.99
ConnecticutNorwich90$59,3201.11
ConnecticutWaterbury50$54,1601.12
DelawareWilmington240$56,8301.05
District of ColumbiaWashington1,060$56,4200.64
FloridaCape Coral290$51,9401.96
FloridaDeltona200$44,7301.85
FloridaFort Lauderdale530$51,6501
FloridaFort Walton Beach50$45,0300.97
FloridaGainesville220$45,3802.99
FloridaJacksonville530$45,5301.22
FloridaLakeland130$44,9800.95
FloridaMiami950$50,2001.33
FloridaOcala80$46,7601.26
FloridaOrlando810$48,2701.07
FloridaPalm Bay210$41,4701.55
FloridaPanama City80$44,1901.8
FloridaPensacola210$42,3801.99
FloridaPort St Lucie70$48,5500.79
FloridaPunta Gorda40$48,2001.63
FloridaSarasota140$48,3200.71
FloridaSebastian40 1.35
FloridaTallahassee110$45,7500.99
FloridaTampa1,040$44,6201.16
FloridaWest Palm Beach310$48,3900.78
GeorgiaAtlanta1,600$49,9800.93
GeorgiaAugusta220$45,5101.58
GeorgiaColumbus100$48,9001.36
GeorgiaDalton40$39,0800.79
GeorgiaMacon230$46,8503.53
GeorgiaRome70$42,3103.16
GeorgiaSavannah160$45,4801.56
IdahoCoeur Dalene40$45,5901.29
IllinoisChampaign60$44,1001.06
IllinoisChicago2,520$50,1500.92
IllinoisPeoria240$44,7602.15
IllinoisRockford80$46,8100.79
IndianaBloomington80$50,5701.81
IndianaEvansville240$44,7402.03
IndianaFort Wayne190$48,0101.29
IndianaGary380$48,9801.96
IndianaIndianapolis930$50,7001.48
IndianaKokomo60$45,4102.19
IndianaMichigan City50$50,9901.9
IndianaSouth Bend110$48,9701.18
IndianaTerre Haute60$50,6101.39
IowaCedar Rapids80$43,2900.89
IowaDavenport140$47,7101.14
IowaDes Moines140$43,8400.63
IowaIowa City60$43,6001.37
IowaWaterloo50$42,3300.95
KansasTopeka90$45,9001.27
KansasWichita260$46,2601.24
KentuckyBowling Green90$41,6602.6
KentuckyElizabethtown40$43,0601.51
KentuckyLexington260$41,3701.55
KentuckyLouisville500$47,0001.16
KentuckyOwensboro30$43,0401.02
LouisianaAlexandria80$44,5402.19
LouisianaBaton Rouge290$46,1101.16
LouisianaHouma60$39,7500.99
LouisianaLafayette120$45,9601.31
LouisianaLake Charles100$44,7301.77
LouisianaMonroe140$44,2102.84
LouisianaNew Orleans480$46,2901.37
LouisianaShreveport290$45,3502.55
MaineBangor80$52,9801.97
MaineLewiston40$47,5501.33
MainePortland130$49,8400.97
MarylandBaltimore1,010$57,8801.1
MarylandBethesda230$69,6100.58
MarylandCumberland70$41,8603.32
MarylandHagerstown60$48,0500.91
MarylandSalisbury50$67,7201.56
MassachusettsBarnstable Town60$56,7900.92
MassachusettsBoston1,330$58,9201.09
MassachusettsFramingham50$64,3300.47
MassachusettsHaverhill40$55,2400.8
MassachusettsLawrence70$53,7601.89
MassachusettsLeominster50$56,0701.61
MassachusettsLowell50$53,7900.64
MassachusettsLynn140$56,0702.13
MassachusettsSpringfield160$52,3500.76
MassachusettsWorcester240$59,1001.38
MichiganAnn Arbor210$54,4701.81
MichiganBattle Creek60$50,3101.94
MichiganDetroit650$50,4301.24
MichiganFlint280$50,5502.91
MichiganGrand Rapids350$47,2901.31
MichiganKalamazoo140$50,1701.48
MichiganLansing160$51,2301.17
MichiganSaginaw150$46,7802.85
MichiganWarren980$49,5801.18
MinnesotaDuluth40$53,4400.47
MinnesotaMinneapolis620$57,0000.48
MississippiHattiesburg70$39,9901.93
MississippiJackson280$44,0701.61
MissouriKansas City920$46,7601.27
MissouriSpringfield290$43,9602.2
MissouriSt Louis1,170$47,5701.21
MontanaBillings70$47,3501.35
NebraskaLincoln180$48,2001.69
NebraskaOmaha490$48,3301.53
NevadaLas Vegas430$61,1500.64
NevadaReno130$61,4400.87
New HampshireNashua40$53,2600.44
New JerseyAtlantic City110$61,3401.18
New JerseyCamden310$59,9400.82
New JerseyEdison470$62,1800.65
New JerseyNewark590$59,5300.82
New JerseyTrenton100$64,7100.67
New MexicoAlbuquerque380$41,5001.41
New YorkAlbany340$51,1501.11
New YorkBuffalo360$50,8100.96
New YorkElmira40$49,6001.77
New YorkKingston40$61,1101.07
New YorkNassau760$64,0200.86
New YorkNew York3,100$63,6300.86
New YorkPoughkeepsie190$66,3901.15
New YorkRochester260$50,4900.74
New YorkSyracuse260$46,2901.24
New YorkUtica120$45,3001.42
North CarolinaAsheville200$47,0101.66
North CarolinaCharlotte550$47,6200.89
North CarolinaDurham280$50,6401.54
North CarolinaFayetteville130$47,0401.65
North CarolinaGreensboro340$51,4901.31
North CarolinaHickory110$48,5400.97
North CarolinaRaleigh210$48,8000.59
North CarolinaRocky Mount30$50,1300.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem330$49,9602.23
North DakotaBismarck100$41,6702.9
North DakotaFargo90$41,9501.19
OhioAkron350$46,7101.49
OhioCanton240$45,8802.07
OhioCincinnati800$47,5201.09
OhioCleveland950$49,6301.25
OhioColumbus710$48,1701.09
OhioDayton490$47,7901.77
OhioLima120$44,1303.57
OhioMansfield70$43,1502.16
OhioSpringfield80$42,5502.67
OhioToledo560$49,0002.49
OhioYoungstown180$48,7101.09
OklahomaLawton30$48,8401.39
OklahomaOklahoma City380$45,4000.95
OklahomaTulsa340$48,4401.14
OregonEugene120$49,0601.19
OregonPortland540$54,0700.73
PennsylvaniaAllentown220$54,8100.95
PennsylvaniaErie100$46,4701.16
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg230$49,7601.11
PennsylvaniaLancaster110$54,0000.69
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,560$56,1601.18
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,260$46,5301.55
PennsylvaniaScranton150$47,1800.83
PennsylvaniaYork100$49,5300.82
Rhode IslandProvidence400$53,7400.97
South CarolinaCharleston410$45,2402.04
South CarolinaColumbia350$46,0601.45
South CarolinaFlorence50$50,5300.88
South CarolinaGreenville300$44,1801.41
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach60$45,8100.76
South DakotaSioux Falls110$47,1401.22
TennesseeChattanooga160$49,7301.05
TennesseeClarksville60$45,7601.22
TennesseeJackson100$40,6502.97
TennesseeJohnson City120$40,5602.46
TennesseeKingsport120$41,3301.6
TennesseeKnoxville300$42,1101.3
TennesseeMemphis520$45,0801.17
TennesseeMorristown40$41,8301.4
TennesseeNashville660$48,5101.22
TexasAmarillo100$47,4101.54
TexasAustin490$46,5900.93
TexasBeaumont150$46,6601.42
TexasCorpus Christi170$46,2601.46
TexasDallas1,250$50,9400.85
TexasEl Paso180$44,0301.01
TexasFort Worth450$48,4600.76
TexasHouston1,850$49,5301.03
TexasLongview80$46,5801.35
TexasLubbock140$44,9101.84
TexasMcallen190$52,4801.33
TexasMidland30$46,4200.77
TexasOdessa150$41,5704.47
TexasSan Angelo50$45,2002.14
TexasSan Antonio690$46,0301.2
TexasTexarkana80$44,4002.61
TexasTyler130$45,6802.21
UtahOgden110$50,0900.85
UtahProvo110$50,6400.97
UtahSalt Lake City330$52,4900.77
VermontBurlington70$49,5200.97
VirginiaBlacksburg40$43,6101.15
VirginiaLynchburg100$45,7501.5
VirginiaRichmond290$48,2000.68
VirginiaRoanoke150$46,4101.4
VirginiaVirginia Beach500$50,7700.93
WashingtonMount Vernon40 1.53
WashingtonSeattle730$58,8700.72
WashingtonSpokane160$54,4201.12
WashingtonTacoma240$53,7901.29
West VirginiaCharleston140$41,5901.43
West VirginiaHuntington170$42,9702.26
West VirginiaParkersburg80$41,4001.83
West VirginiaWheeling110$42,3402.68
WisconsinEau Claire70$48,4901.46
WisconsinGreen Bay100$46,7200.89
WisconsinLa Crosse110$49,5802.43
WisconsinMadison270$51,1401.19
WisconsinMilwaukee670$54,6101.1
WyomingCasper30$44,4001.37