Physical & Occupational Therapy in Montana
Physical therapists and occupational therapists registered with a practice address in this area, including their board-recognised specialty areas.
How density varies inside Montana
Each bar is the number of places at that level of provider density. A long right tail means a few places carry far more providers per resident than the rest of the state.
There are 2,069 licensed therapists registered in Montana. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (1,435) and occupational therapist (430).
Montana ranks 47th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.
The largest single group is physical therapist, at 1,435 providers or 69% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Montana licenses its providers.
The mix here is unusually concentrated: physical therapist outnumber the next largest group by more than three to one. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training, so a lopsided mix usually says more about how Montana licenses its providers than about what is available to you.
Providers are registered in 152 distinct places across Montana. The map shows the ZIP codes with the highest counts.
These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.
How Montana got here
new registrations per yearEach registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Montana. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.
Who they are
self-reported to CMS71.9% of registered licensed therapists in Montana are women. Nationally the figure varies a great deal by licence type — occupational therapy at one end, psychiatry at the other. See the national breakdown.
You can filter any city list on this site by gender. We show it because it is one of the most common things people search for and, for some kinds of work, a real need — but it is only ever a filter here, never a ranking.
Where they are registered
circle size = providers in that ZIP codeBy licence type
Places in Montana
97 of 97 have their own page so far| Place | Providers | Population | Per 10k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula | 336 | 78,903 | 42.6 |
| Billings | 335 | 121,239 | 27.6 |
| Bozeman | 254 | 58,814 | 43.2 |
| Kalispell | 165 | 31,851 | 51.8 |
| Great Falls | 150 | 60,208 | 24.9 |
| Helena | 137 | 35,138 | 39.0 |
| Hamilton | 68 | 5,451 | |
| Butte | 62 | 35,469 | 17.5 |
| Whitefish | 48 | 9,358 | 51.3 |
| Belgrade | 45 | 13,107 | 34.3 |
| Columbia Falls | 37 | 5,753 | 64.3 |
| Livingston | 34 | 9,290 | 36.6 |
| Stevensville | 26 | 2,259 | 115.1 |
| Miles City | 24 | 8,450 | 28.4 |
| Polson | 22 | 5,653 | 38.9 |
| Anaconda-Deer Lodge County | 19 | 9,709 | 19.6 |
| Lewistown | 18 | 6,179 | 29.1 |
| Dillon | 16 | 4,271 | 37.5 |
| Bigfork | 13 | ||
| Laurel | 12 | 7,205 | 16.7 |
| Libby | 10 | 3,274 | 30.5 |
| Eureka | 10 | 1,562 | 64.0 |
| Corvallis | 10 | ||
| Ronan | 9 | 2,209 | 40.7 |
| Red Lodge | 8 | 2,723 | 29.4 |
| Big Sky | 8 | ||
| Frenchtown | 7 | ||
| Townsend | 6 | 2,272 | 26.4 |
| Lakeside | 6 | ||
| Havre | 6 | 9,264 | 6.5 |
| Glendive | 6 | 4,736 | 12.7 |
| Florence | 6 | ||
| Ennis | 6 | 1,126 | 53.3 |
| Deer Lodge | 6 | 3,025 | 19.8 |
| Clancy | 6 | ||
| Wolf Point | 5 | 2,531 | 19.8 |
| Sidney | 5 | 6,217 | 8.0 |
| Plains | 5 | 1,261 | 39.7 |
| Helena West Side | 5 | ||
| Glasgow | 5 | 3,145 | 15.9 |
| East Helena | 5 | 2,325 | 21.5 |
| Darby | 5 | 888 | 56.3 |
| Columbus | 5 | 1,964 | 25.5 |
| Chinook | 5 | 1,155 | 43.3 |
| Lolo | 4 | ||
| Hot Springs | 4 | 630 | 63.5 |
| Broadus | 4 | 477 | 83.9 |
| Three Forks | 3 | 1,920 | 15.6 |
| Sheridan | 3 | 779 | 38.5 |
| St. Ignatius | 3 | 828 | |
| Plentywood | 3 | 1,619 | 18.5 |
| Manhattan | 3 | 2,073 | 14.5 |
| Fort Benton | 3 | 1,416 | 21.2 |
| Cut Bank | 3 | 2,976 | 10.1 |
| Colstrip | 3 | 2,091 | 14.3 |
| Baker | 3 | 1,776 | 16.9 |
| Shelby | 2 | 3,313 | 6.0 |
| Roundup | 2 | 2,075 | 9.6 |
| Noxon | 2 | ||
| Kila | 2 | ||
| Fromberg | 2 | 422 | 47.4 |
| Choteau | 2 | 1,825 | 11.0 |
| Browning | 2 | ||
| Box Elder | 2 | ||
| Big Timber | 2 | 1,686 | 11.9 |
| West Yellowstone | 1 | 1,191 | 8.4 |
| Victor | 1 | ||
| Vaughn | 1 | ||
| Trout Creek | 1 | ||
| Thompson Falls | 1 | 1,543 | 6.5 |
| Superior | 1 | 935 | 10.7 |
| Somers | 1 | ||
| Snowslip | 1 | ||
| Silesia | 1 | ||
| Seeley Lake | 1 | ||
| Scobey | 1 | 972 | 10.3 |
| Rimini | 1 | ||
| Poplar | 1 | 722 | |
| Nashua | 1 | 292 | 34.2 |
| Montana City | 1 | ||
| Malta | 1 | 1,846 | 5.4 |
| Lame Deer | 1 | ||
| Kremlin | 1 | ||
| Huntley | 1 | ||
| Harlem | 1 | 750 | 13.3 |
| Hardin | 1 | 3,696 | 2.7 |
| Geraldine | 1 | 204 | 49.0 |
| Fairfield | 1 | 797 | 12.5 |
| Dayton | 1 | ||
| Crow Agency | 1 | ||
| Coram | 1 | ||
| Conrad | 1 | 2,393 | 4.2 |
| Clinton | 1 | ||
| Circle | 1 | 590 | 16.9 |
| Chester | 1 | 844 | 11.8 |
| Arlee | 1 | ||
| Absarokee | 1 |
3 places have no per-resident figure. Those are office districts inside a larger urban area, rural towns whose practices serve a whole region, or places where most registrations share one employer's address — dividing by the resident population there produces a number that looks precise and describes nothing. The provider counts are unaffected; the test is described in the methodology.