Physical & Occupational Therapy in Wisconsin

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

11,124

Registered providers

486

Places with providers

19th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Wisconsin

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 417 places in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has 11,124 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 4 licence types.

Wisconsin ranks 19th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is physical therapist (6,600), occupational therapist (3,846), pediatric occupational therapist (175), orthopedic physical therapist (162), with 0 further types making up the remainder.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 61% — 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 Madison (4,283), Milwaukee (4,134), Green Bay (1,279).

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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin. Annual registrations in 2025 were 55% lower 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

78.5% of registered licensed therapists in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Physical Therapist

6,600

59.3%

Occupational Therapist

3,846

34.6%

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

175

1.6%

Orthopedic Physical Therapist

162

1.5%

Places in Wisconsin

376 of 376 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Milwaukee	1,057	562,407	18.8
Madison	984	286,233	34.4
Green Bay	481	106,675	45.1
Appleton	344	75,452	45.6
Brookfield	298	41,448	71.9
Kenosha	221	99,239	22.3
Eau Claire	203	72,465	28.0
La Crosse	201	50,784	39.6
Greenfield	195	37,159	52.5
Wausau	182	40,188	45.3
Waukesha	172	70,872	24.3
Wauwatosa	163	48,649	33.5
Sheboygan	163	49,376	33.0
Menomonee Falls	147	41,291	35.6
West Bend	145	32,268	44.9
Janesville	143	66,929	21.4
Oshkosh	141	67,460	20.9
Mequon	133	25,120	52.9
Mount Pleasant	130	28,253	46.0
Fond du Lac	124	44,541	27.8
Neenah	118	27,638	42.7
New Berlin	117	39,953	29.3
Fitchburg	112	34,615	32.4
Hudson	108	15,019	71.9
West Allis	104	60,119	17.3
Oak Creek	101	38,296	26.4
Manitowoc	95	34,671	27.4
Marshfield	93	18,980
Franklin	88	36,687	24.0
De Pere	88	25,590	34.4
Stevens Point	86	26,377	32.6
Middleton	78	23,115	33.7
Racine	77	77,908	9.9
Verona	75	16,821	44.6
Glendale	72	14,795	48.7
Lake Geneva	70	8,818	79.4
Germantown	68	21,050	32.3
Wisconsin Rapids	67	18,654	35.9
Chippewa Falls	67	15,293	43.8
Superior	66	26,397	25.0
Rhinelander	65	8,242	78.9
Pewaukee	63	16,375	38.5
Fort Atkinson	61	12,388	49.2
Marinette	59	11,168	52.8
Sturgeon Bay	58	9,917	58.5
Portage	58	9,956	58.3
Grafton	57	13,389	42.6
Beaver Dam	57	16,542	34.5
Rice Lake	53	8,882	59.7
Elkhorn	51	10,045	50.8
Weston	50	15,931	31.4
Pleasant Prairie	50	21,798	22.9
Beloit	50	36,649	13.6
Onalaska	47	20,297	23.2
Burlington	47	10,951	42.9
Watertown	45	22,704	19.8
Sun Prairie	44	39,227	11.2
Tomah	43	9,600
Shawano	43	9,693	44.4
Monroe	43	10,581	40.6
Cedarburg	43	12,916	33.3
Greendale	42	14,426	29.1
Ashland	42	7,927	53.0
Waupaca	40	6,352	63.0
New Richmond	40	10,988	36.4
South Milwaukee	39	20,191	19.3
Woodruff	38
Plymouth	38	8,821	43.1
Oconomowoc	36	20,119	17.9
Sparta	34	9,974	34.1
Hartford	34	16,005	21.2
Amery	34	2,927	116.2
Two Rivers	33	11,222	29.4
Stoughton	33	13,256	24.9
Bloomer	33	3,634	90.8
Platteville	32	11,815	27.1
Antigo	32	8,060	39.7
Altoona	32	9,376	34.1
Menasha	31	18,385
Muskego	30	25,602	11.7
Mukwonago	30	8,544	35.1
Waterford	29	6,025	48.1
New London	29	7,726	37.5
Hales Corners	29	7,740	37.5
Viroqua	28	4,435	63.1
Menomonie	28	16,664	16.8
Port Washington	27	12,658	21.3
Columbus	27	5,400	50.0
Summit	25	5,323	47.0
Richland Center	25	5,020	49.8
Hayward	25	2,614
Baraboo	25	13,224	18.9
Spooner	24	2,531	94.8
Fox Point	24	6,583	36.5
Dodgeville	24	5,076	47.3
River Falls	23	17,916	12.8
Monona	23	8,664	26.5
Holmen	23	12,105	19.0
Waunakee	22	16,411	13.4
Osseo	22	1,842	119.4
Barron	22	3,634	60.5
Reedsburg	20	10,641	18.8
Random Lake	20	1,572	127.2
Mauston	20	4,133	48.4
Lancaster	20	4,031	49.6
Delavan	20	9,228	21.7
Medford	19	4,589	41.4
Lake Mills	19	6,655	28.5
Sauk City	18	3,439	52.3
Oconto Falls	18	3,012	59.8
Tomahawk	17	3,387	50.2
Ripon	17	7,738	22.0
Prairie du Sac	17	4,316	39.4
Osceola	17	2,890	58.8
Evansville	17	5,837	29.1
Edgerton	17	6,121	27.8
Centuria	17	877
Black River Falls	17	3,555	47.8
Berlin	17	5,588	30.4
Paddock Lake	16	2,974	53.8
Ladysmith	16	3,172	50.4
Kaukauna	16	18,517	8.6
Elm Grove	16	6,354	25.2
Whitehall	15	1,621
Waupun	15	11,150	13.5
Prairie du Chien	15	5,408	27.7
Mount Horeb	15	7,725	19.4
Mayville	15	5,184	28.9
McFarland	15	9,145	16.4
Eagle River	15	1,715	87.5
Whitefish Bay	14	14,489	9.7
West Salem	14	5,288	26.5
Twin Lakes	14	6,338	22.1
Sussex	14	12,779	11.0
Park Falls	14	2,359	59.3
Grantsburg	14	1,374	101.9
Cumberland	14	2,282	61.3
Shorewood	13	13,474	9.6
Oregon	13	12,015	10.8
Jefferson	13	7,814
Clintonville	13	4,499	28.9
Brown Deer	13	12,821	10.1
Baldwin	13	4,347	29.9
St. Francis	12	8,955	13.4
Plover	12	14,274	8.4
Delafield	12	7,314	16.4
Colby	12	1,957	61.3
Boscobel	12	3,250	36.9
Union Grove	11	5,370	20.5
Sturtevant	11	6,852	16.1
Hartland	11	10,740	10.2
Cudahy	11	17,655	6.2
Somerset	10	3,408	29.3
Neillsville	10	2,367	42.2
Juneau	10	2,706
Bayside	10	4,331	23.1
Washburn	9	2,045	44.0
Poplar	9	626	143.8
Mondovi	9	2,853	31.5
Merrill	9	9,389	9.6
Kiel	9	3,973	22.7
Friendship	9	683
Eden	9	917
Chilton	9	4,183	21.5
Whitewater	8	16,038	5.0
Wautoma	8	2,411	33.2
Sister Bay	8	1,177	68.0
Schofield	8	2,311	34.6
Hillsboro	8	1,401	57.1
DeForest	8	13,094	6.1
Sheboygan Falls	7	8,687	8.1
Prescott	7	4,581	15.3
Peshtigo	7	3,423	20.4
Oconto	7	4,640	15.1
Hobart	7	11,674	6.0
Fennimore	7	2,775	25.2
East Troy	7	4,988	14.0
Ashwaubenon	7	17,398	4.0
Wittenberg	6	979	61.3
Wisconsin Dells	6	3,149	19.1
Wild Rose	6	799	75.1
Westby	6	2,435	24.6
Spring Green	6	1,567	38.3
Seymour	6	3,628	16.5
Mosinee	6	4,529	13.2
Kohler	6	2,272	26.4
Johnson Creek	6	3,435	17.5
Jackson	6	8,322	7.2
Florence	6
Crivitz	6	1,137	52.8
Amherst	6	1,119	53.6
Wyocena	5	733	68.2
Shell Lake	5	1,414	35.4
Saukville	5	4,554	11.0
Rochester	5	3,786	13.2
Phillips	5	1,492	33.5
Minocqua	5
Kewaunee	5	2,793	17.9
Hortonville	5	3,340	15.0
Darlington	5	2,490	20.1
Crandon	5	1,726	29.0
Cottage Grove	5	8,930	5.6
Caledonia	5	25,229	2.0
Augusta	5	1,483	33.7
Algoma	5	3,225	15.5
Weyauwega	4	1,788	22.4
Turtle Lake	4	1,023	39.1
Thiensville	4	3,267	12.2
Suamico	4	13,153	3.0
Stratford	4	1,619	24.7
Randolph	4	1,771	22.6
Milton	4	6,024	6.6
Lodi	4	3,190	12.5
Kimberly	4	7,556	5.3
Hammond	4	1,857	21.5
Gillett	4	1,276	31.3
Elmwood Park	4	495	80.8
Dousman	4	2,665	15.0
Cross Plains	4	4,182	9.6
Black Earth	4	1,523	26.3
Big Bend	4	1,498	26.7
Belleville	4	2,705	14.8
Wrightstown	3	4,169	7.2
Williams Bay	3	2,935	10.2
West Milwaukee	3	3,984	7.5
Wales	3	2,885	10.4
Thorp	3	1,781	16.8
Suring	3	508	59.1
Stanley	3	3,876	7.7
Soldiers Grove	3	549
Slinger	3	6,495	4.6
Pulaski	3	4,048	7.4
Markesan	3	1,380	21.7
Luxemburg	3	2,784	10.8
Luck	3	1,063	28.2
Lake Hallie	3	7,396	4.1
Kewaskum	3	4,561	6.6
Keshena	3
Fremont	3	674	44.5
Frederic	3	1,133	26.5
Ellsworth	3	3,336	9.0
Cuba City	3	2,103	14.3
Cornell	3	1,443	20.8
Combined Locks	3	3,626	8.3
Colfax	3	1,193	25.1
Clear Lake	3	1,100	27.3
Brodhead	3	3,214	9.3
Bellevue	3	16,776	1.8
Auburndale	3	724	41.4
Arpin	3	297	101.0
Abbotsford	3	2,413	12.4
Wind Lake	2
Westfield	2	1,317	15.2
Sayner	2
Princeton	2	1,249	16.0
Poynette	2	2,924	6.8
Owen	2	904	22.1
Oostburg	2	3,056	6.5
Omro	2	3,639	5.5
North Prairie	2	2,193	9.1
New Holstein	2	3,040	6.6
New Glarus	2	2,266	8.8
Nashotah	2	1,298	15.4
Montello	2	1,447	13.8
Iola	2	1,210	16.5
Hazel Green	2	1,173	17.1
Granton	2	368	54.3
Fountain City	2	769	26.0
Elroy	2	1,255	15.9
Eleva	2	688	29.1
Durand	2	1,854	10.8
Denmark	2	2,875
Clinton	2	2,336	8.6
Cleveland	2	1,582	12.6
Chetek	2	2,152	9.3
Cameron	2	1,834	10.9
Cambria	2	765
Bristol	2	5,300	3.8
Athens	2	1,190	16.8
Arena	2	916	21.8
Arcadia	2	3,840	5.2
Abrams	2
Wonewoc	1	723	13.8
Winter	1	363	27.5
Windsor	1	10,085	1.0
Webster	1	719	13.9
Wausaukee	1	594	16.8
Vesper	1	531	18.8
Valders	1	959	10.4
Three Lakes	1
Stoddard	1	911	11.0
Spring Valley	1	1,443	6.9
Spencer	1	1,809	5.5
Siren	1	920	10.9
Shiocton	1	935
Salem Lakes	1	14,271	0.7
Roberts	1	2,493	4.0
River Hills	1	1,555	6.4
Richfield	1	11,785	0.8
Rib Mountain	1	7,280	1.4
Rib Lake	1	912	11.0
Redgranite	1	2,113	4.7
Raymond	1	4,006	2.5
Prentice	1	555	18.0
Pound	1	351	28.5
Potter	1	232
Port Wing	1
Port Edwards	1	1,761	5.7
Plum City	1	587	17.0
Pittsville	1	820	12.2
Palmyra	1	1,720	5.8
Oxford	1	536	18.7
Ontario	1	528	18.9
Oakfield	1	1,065	9.4
New Auburn	1	574	17.4
Nelson	1	314	31.8
Necedah	1	911	11.0
Milltown	1	932	10.7
Mazomanie	1	1,746	5.7
Mason	1	104	96.2
Marshall	1	3,696	2.7
Marathon City	1	1,547	6.5
Loyal	1	1,190	8.4
Lomira	1	2,686	3.7
Little Chute	1	11,800	0.8
Laona	1
Lake Nebagamon	1	1,134	8.8
Lac du Flambeau	1
Junction City	1	449	22.3
Iron Ridge	1	918	10.9
Hurley	1	1,617	6.2
Howards Grove	1	3,190	3.1
Howard	1	22,233	0.4
Hilbert	1	1,237	8.1
Helenville	1
Hatley	1	661	15.1
Gresham	1	537	18.6
Greenwood	1	1,079	9.3
Greenville	1	13,388	0.7
Greenleaf	1	1,404	7.1
Gordon	1
Goodman	1
Glenwood City	1	1,254	8.0
Genoa City	1	2,866	3.5
Gays Mills	1	498	20.1
Fredonia	1	2,252	4.4
Fox Lake	1	1,686	5.9
Ettrick	1	518	19.3
Elmwood	1	805	12.4
Elk Mound	1	1,084	9.2
Elkhart Lake	1	1,190	8.4
Elcho	1
Egg Harbor	1	395	25.3
Edgar	1	1,425	7.0
Eagle	1	2,115	4.7
Deerfield	1	2,619	3.8
Dalton	1
Coleman	1	738	13.6
Clayton	1	546	18.3
Chili	1
Cedar Grove	1	2,083	4.8
Campbellsport	1	2,034	4.9
Cadott	1	1,473	6.8
Butte des Morts	1
Brillion	1	3,327	3.0
Briggsville	1
Boyceville	1	1,077	9.3
Bowler	1	308
Blanchardville	1	829	12.1
Blair	1	1,292	7.7
Belgium	1	2,540	3.9
Bayfield	1	589
Bay City	1	447	22.4
Arlington	1	860	11.6
Allouez	1	13,838	0.7
Adams	1	1,803	5.5

17 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.