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Respiratory Therapist salary in United States
Pay for Respiratory Therapist in United States, worked out from salary-listed jobs in United States only. Other countries and currencies are never mixed in.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Respiratory Therapists: official U.S. pay, May 2025
In the U.S., respiratory therapists (SOC 29-1126) earned a median $82,280 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- 10th percentile
- $63,660
- 25th percentile
- $74,520
- Median
- $82,280
- 75th percentile
- $98,730
- 90th percentile
- $118,050
Occupation: Respiratory Therapists (SOC 29-1126) · 139,790 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
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