Physical & Occupational Therapy in Washington

Physical therapists and occupational therapists registered with a practice address in this area, including their board-recognised specialty areas.

11,821

Registered providers

332

Places with providers

10th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Washington

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.

Distribution across 207 places in Washington.

Washington has 11,821 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 4 licence types.

Washington ranks 10th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is physical therapist (7,519), occupational therapist (3,099), pediatric occupational therapist (380), orthopedic physical therapist (279), with 0 further types making up the remainder.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 67% — hold the same licence, physical therapist. Where one type dominates like this, the practical question is less which letters someone has than whether they work with what you are bringing to them.

The three largest concentrations are Seattle (13,009), Spokane (5,104), Tacoma (4,275).

One caveat on reading these numbers: the registry records where a provider registered an address, not where they see clients day to day, and addresses are not always kept current. It also says nothing about whether someone is taking new clients.

How Washington got here

new registrations per year

Each registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Washington. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.

New registrations per year. licensed therapists in Washington. Annual registrations in 2025 were 21% higher than in 2008. The final bar is faded because 2026 is still in progress. Starts at 2008 on purpose. The NPI system launched in 2006– 2007 and the whole profession registered at once, so those two years are an artefact of the rollout rather than a measure of anything. Including them would make the following year look like a collapse.

Who they are

self-reported to CMS

72.5% of registered licensed therapists in Washington 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 code

The highest-count ZIP codes for licensed therapists in Washington. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

7,519

63.6%

Occupational Therapist

3,099

26.2%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

380

3.2%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

279

2.4%

Places in Washington

217 of 217 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Seattle	1,948	784,777	24.8
Spokane	707	230,783	30.6
Tacoma	576	229,816	25.1
Vancouver	567	199,698	28.4
Bellevue	497	154,193	32.2
Everett	349	113,567	30.7
Puyallup	333	42,682	78.0
Renton	280	104,975	26.7
Olympia	255	56,724	45.0
Spokane Valley	242	108,405	22.3
Bellingham	231	96,395	24.0
Kirkland	224	97,410	23.0
Issaquah	218	39,423	55.3
Federal Way	204	99,729	20.5
Kent	194	134,871	14.4
Redmond	187	82,506	22.7
Bothell	179	52,199	34.3
Lynnwood	150	42,132	35.6
Lakewood	150	62,755
Yakima	137	97,458	14.1
Gig Harbor	133	12,630	105.3
Auburn	132	86,301	15.3
Shoreline	115	66,542	17.3
Wenatchee	109	35,547	30.7
Edmonds	109	42,748	25.5
Kennewick	107	88,366	12.1
Richland	105	65,258	16.1
Lacey	105	58,833	17.8
Silverdale	95
Walla Walla	87	34,058	25.5
Mount Vernon	86	35,193	24.4
Longview	84	38,362	21.9
Marysville	83	77,686	10.7
Burien	82	51,859	15.8
Port Orchard	81	19,839	40.8
Bremerton	80	45,482
Tumwater	74	28,010	26.4
Bainbridge Island	72	24,691	29.2
Poulsbo	65	12,749	51.0
Mill Creek	65	20,902	31.1
Centralia	62	19,375	32.0
Bonney Lake	55	22,139	24.8
Tukwila	52	22,003	23.6
Mountlake Terrace	52	25,430	20.4
Port Angeles	51	20,146
Pasco	51	82,848	6.2
Oak Harbor	51	24,083	21.2
University Place	49	35,479	13.8
Arlington	48	22,031	21.8
Mercer Island	47	25,422	18.5
Lake Stevens	47	42,091	11.2
Covington	47	21,496	21.9
Woodinville	45	14,548	30.9
Snohomish	44	10,719	41.0
Spanaway	43
Pullman	43	33,756
Sequim	42	8,215	51.1
Maple Valley	41	28,482	14.4
Lynden	38	16,881	22.5
Des Moines	38	33,032	11.5
Moses Lake	37	27,469
Graham	36
Snoqualmie	35	13,640	25.7
Sammamish	35	66,110	5.3
Mukilteo	34	21,239	16.0
Aberdeen	32	17,088	18.7
Stanwood	31	9,421	32.9
Ellensburg	29	21,308	13.6
Camas	29	27,749	10.5
Liberty Lake	28	14,029	20.0
Newcastle	27	13,128	20.6
Anacortes	27	18,080	14.9
Chehalis	26	7,764	33.5
Port Townsend	25	10,678	23.4
Monroe	24	20,025	12.0
Sumner	23	10,871	21.2
Ferndale	23	17,559	13.1
Shelton	22	10,921	20.1
Battle Ground	22	23,513	9.4
Yelm	21	12,043	17.4
Enumclaw	21	13,172	15.9
Colville	21	5,116
Prosser	20	6,654	30.1
Kenmore	20	24,249	8.2
Deer Park	19	5,370	35.4
Vashon	18
Friday Harbor	16	2,729
East Wenatchee	16	14,414	11.1
Coupeville	16	1,920	83.3
Clarkston	15	7,189
Burlington	15	11,356	13.2
Freeland	14
White Salmon	13	2,655	49.0
North Bend	13	8,758	14.8
Montesano	13	4,181	31.1
Tonasket	12	1,133	105.9
Leavenworth	12	3,373	35.6
Kelso	12	12,801	9.4
Colfax	12	2,667	45.0
Cashmere	12	3,326	36.1
Blaine	12	6,475	18.5
Ridgefield	11	16,132	6.8
Lyman	11	431
Cheney	11	12,650	8.7
Washougal	10	18,028	5.5
Port Ludlow	10
Normandy Park	10	6,609	15.1
Medical Lake	10	4,964	20.1
Fircrest	10	6,959	14.4
Elma	10	3,534	28.3
Chelan	10	4,494	22.3
Woodland	9	6,611	13.6
Sunnyside	9	16,430	5.5
Port Hadlock-Irondale	9
Kingston	9
Hoquiam	9	8,710	10.3
Granite Falls	9	4,686	19.2
DuPont	9	9,778	9.2
Selah	8	8,678	9.2
Omak	8	5,185
Ephrata	8	8,834	9.1
Winthrop	7	624
La Conner	7	991	70.6
Ilwaco	7	1,112	62.9
Duvall	7	9,440	7.4
College Place	7	9,923	7.1
Brewster	7	2,093	33.4
Suncrest	6
Othello	6	9,237	6.5
Orting	6	8,884	6.8
Newport	6	2,242	26.8
Green Bluff	6
Grand Coulee	6	947
Fort Lewis	6
Fairchild AFB	6
Belfair	6
Zillah	5	3,111	16.1
West Richland	5	19,257	2.6
Toppenish	5	8,635	5.8
Ritzville	5	1,709	29.3
Republic	5	1,016	49.2
Quincy	5	8,510	5.9
Morton	5	1,102	45.4
Mead	5
Langley	5	1,129	44.3
Forks	5	3,488	14.3
Cle Elum	5	2,288	21.9
Buckley	5	5,688	8.8
Brush Prairie	5
Stevenson	4	1,596	25.1
Lake Tapps	4
Lake Forest Park	4	13,191	3.0
Grandview	4	12,062	3.3
Everson	4	3,254	12.3
Dayton	4	2,538	15.8
Castle Rock	4	2,442	16.4
Camano	4
Airway Heights	4	11,811	3.4
Twisp	3	1,126	26.6
Sultan	3	7,230	4.1
Milton	3	8,911	3.4
Fife	3	11,061	2.7
Eatonville	3	2,861	10.5
Deming	3
Clinton	3
Carnation	3	2,471	12.1
Black Diamond	3	6,978	4.3
Tenino	2	1,941	10.3
Steilacoom	2	6,648	3.0
South Bend	2	1,790	11.2
Port Angeles East	2
Pomeroy	2	1,481	13.5
Okanogan	2	2,494	8.0
Ocean Shores	2	7,892	2.5
Lake Goodwin	2
Kettle Falls	2	1,657	12.1
Inchelium	2
Fox Island	2
Fall City	2
Davenport	2	1,818	11.0
Cusick	2	190
Chewelah	2	2,712	7.4
Burbank	2
Yacolt	1	1,730	5.8
Woodway	1	1,316	7.6
Whidbey Island Station	1
Westport	1	2,372	4.2
Waterville	1	1,156	8.7
Union Gap	1	6,617	1.5
Touchet	1
Suquamish	1
Sumas	1	1,672	6.0
Spangle	1	276
South Hill	1
Sedro-Woolley	1	13,308	0.8
St. John	1	586	17.1
Roy	1	795	12.6
Roslyn	1	962	10.4
Rochester	1
Ravensdale	1
Quilcene	1
Purdy	1
Oroville	1	1,935	5.2
Oakesdale	1	392	25.5
Naches	1	1,083	9.2
Mill Creek East	1
Mesa	1	391
Marietta-Alderwood	1
Manson	1
McKenna	1
McChord AFB	1
La Center	1	4,433	2.3
Electric City	1	954	10.5
Edgewood	1	13,548	0.7
Custer	1
Connell	1	5,080	2.0
Benton City	1	4,019	2.5

15 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.