How Much Does a Physical Therapist Make in Hawaii in 2026?

A typical Physical Therapist in Hawaii earns about $48.90 per hour ($101,700 per year), according to the latest government wage data (May 2025). Calculated from that annual figure, pay works out to roughly $8,475 a month and $1,956 a week. These figures represent typical pay across the state, covering Physical Therapists in hospitals, clinics, and private practices alike.

That annual pay sits 1% below the national figure of $102,760 a year (and the national hourly figure of $49.40, just above Hawaii's $48.90), according to the same May 2025 data. Hawaii ranks 20th out of 51 states for Physical Therapist pay. About 950 Physical Therapists work across the state, a modest workforce for scale against the national total of 267,330.

Entry-level Physical Therapists in Hawaii typically start around $37.80 an hour, or about $78,630 a year, according to May 2025 wage data. New graduates often begin in this range while completing initial clinical hours and building caseload experience. Within a few years, pay tends to move up toward the state's typical figure of $101,700 a year as therapists gain full licensure experience and specialize.

Experienced Physical Therapists in Hawaii often earn upwards of $56.69 an hour, or around $117,910 a year, placing them among the higher earners in the field. The top 10% make over $123,280 a year. That leaves a spread of $44,650 between entry-level and top pay, a gap generally tied to years of practice, work setting, and city.

Hawaii's typical Physical Therapist pay climbed from $84,640 in 2015 to $101,700 in 2025, according to a decade of government wage data. That's a gain of $17,060, or 20%, over ten years. The increase wasn't a straight line: pay dipped slightly in 2019 and again in 2024 before recovering.

Nationally, Physical Therapist pay rose 22% over the same decade, a bit ahead of Hawaii's climb. The two rates land close together, within a couple of points of each other. For someone starting a career in Hawaii now, that decade of data shows pay has moved up steadily, though it offers no guarantee of future increases.

Urban Honolulu, covering the full metro area, posts the state's top typical pay for Physical Therapists at $101,700 a year ($48.90 an hour), matching the statewide figure closely. Kahului and Wailuku, on Maui, run nearly identical, with typical pay of $101,650 a year. Across Hawaii's three tracked metro areas, pay stays tightly clustered rather than concentrated in one city.

Wailuku posts the lowest typical pay in the state at $101,650 a year ($48.87 an hour), just $50 below Urban Honolulu, which is a negligible difference in practice. Urban Honolulu also carries the largest Physical Therapist workforce, with 680 employed there compared with 110 each in Kahului and Wailuku. Hawaii's overall cost of living runs well above the national figure, which factors into pay levels across every city in the state.

Physical Therapists in Hawaii typically earn $101,700 a year ($48.90 an hour), according to the latest government wage data (May 2025), up 20% over the past decade. Pay stays fairly consistent across the state's cities, with Urban Honolulu carrying the largest workforce. Readers weighing a move or a new license should check Hawaii's state licensing board for requirements and review individual city pages for local figures before making a decision.