Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Restoring function after stroke, injury, and amputation — a mix of inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient musculoskeletal care, and procedures.
- Training
- 3–4 years
- Entry
- Direct from medical school
- Apply through
- ERAS
- Match through
- NRMP Main Match
- Accredited programs
- 116
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is accredited at more than one length: both 3-year and 4-year programs are offered, so the length is set by the program you match at, not by the specialty.
Among the 31 specialties
What sets Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation apart most is training length: 3 years, shared with 8 other specialties.
Every rail is one dot per specialty, ordered lowest to highest, so all six read as one profile. Dots stack where specialties share a value. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation’s is the coloured dot — point anywhere along a rail to name the others.
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- Programs
- Programs: 116. More than 13 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 17. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- Training length
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is accredited at more than one length: both 3-year and 4-year programs are offered, so the length is set by the program you match at, not by the specialty. Training length: 3 years. Longer than 4 of the 31 specialties reporting; shorter than 18. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 3.8×. More than 21 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 6. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 2,083. More than 15 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 14. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 36. More than 8 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 22. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- First-year resident pay
- First-year resident pay: $67K. Higher than 11 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 16. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Programs ranges from 5 to 820 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 82 and 210.
Training length ranges from 2 years to 7 years across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 3 years and 5 years.
Interviews per position ranges from 1.0× to 5.0× across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between 2.7× and 3.5×.
Residents in training ranges from 99 to 40,131 across 30 specialties. The middle half sit between 718 and 6,616.
States and territories ranges from 4 to 52 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 35 and 46.
First-year resident pay ranges from $60K to $73K across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between $67K and $69K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs. Open any row for its deadlines, salary, visas, and reported outcomes.
116 across 36 states
Alabama1
Arizona1
Arkansas1
California8
Colorado1
Connecticut2
District of Columbia1
Florida11
Georgia1
Illinois4
Indiana2
Kansas1
Kentucky2
Louisiana1
Maryland3
Massachusetts2
Michigan6
Minnesota2
Missouri2
Nebraska1
Nevada1
New Jersey3
New Mexico1
New York17
North Carolina3
Ohio6
Pennsylvania9
Puerto Rico2
South Carolina2
Tennessee2
Texas8
Utah1
Virginia3
Washington2
West Virginia1
Wisconsin2
What the sources report
Published by the bodies that collect them. Each figure carries the year it describes, which is not always the year it was published.
Measured over time
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered by Match year -2022–2026 · Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered in the Main Residency Match
- 253positionsPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered by Match year -: 2022, 180; 2023, 206; 2024, 219; 2025, 240; 2026, 253.NRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered by Match year -2022–2026 · Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced PGY-2 positions offered in the Main Residency Match
- 334positionsPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered by Match year -: 2022, 338; 2023, 325; 2024, 336; 2025, 334; 2026, 334.NRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered by Match year -2022–2026 · Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (R) positions offered in the Main Residency Match
- 14positionsPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered by Match year -: 2022, 14; 2023, 23; 2024, 22; 2025, 11; 2026, 14.NRMP, 2026
Most recent reported
- ACGME-approved Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation program-length formats - core pmr monthsACGME-accredited Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency programs
- 36monthsACGME, Requirements effective 2026-07-01
- ACGME-approved Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation program-length formats - integrated total monthsACGME-accredited Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency programs
- 48monthsACGME, Requirements effective 2026-07-01
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ERAS program registration status - listed programsPrograms listed for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the official 2027 MyERAS program directory
- 115programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ERAS program registration status - participatingPrograms listed for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the official 2027 MyERAS program directory
- 95programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ERAS program registration status - unregisteredPrograms listed for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the official 2027 MyERAS program directory
- 20programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation program signals availableApplicants to participating Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 20signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation roster
- 116programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation tracksPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced tracks
- 73tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation tracksPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation categorical tracks
- 59tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 147tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Reserved physician Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation tracksPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation reserved physician tracks
- 15tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered and filled - fill rate percentPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 100%NRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered and filled - filledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 253positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered and filled - offeredPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 253positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions offered and filled - unfilledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 0positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered and filled - fill rate percentPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced PGY-2 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 100%NRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered and filled - filledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced PGY-2 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 334positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered and filled - offeredPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced PGY-2 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 334positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-2 positions offered and filled - unfilledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation advanced PGY-2 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 0positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered and filled - fill rate percentPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (R) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 100%NRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered and filled - filledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (R) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 14positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered and filled - offeredPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (R) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 14positionsNRMP, 2026
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician-reserved positions offered and filled - unfilledPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (R) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 0positionsNRMP, 2026
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Physical Medicine and RehabilitationConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (n=231)
- 248pointsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Physical Medicine and RehabilitationConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (n=42)
- 236pointsNRMP, 2024
Specialties that measure like this one
Nearest on the six measures above — length, competitiveness, scale, geography, pay. Not a claim that the work is similar, and not a recommendation.
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- OphthalmologyHigh-volume microsurgery and clinic in roughly equal measure, matched a year early through SF Match rather than the NRMP.
- DermatologySkin, hair, and nails, overwhelmingly in clinic, mixing pattern recognition at speed with a steady procedural and cosmetic component.
- Child NeurologyNeurology for developing brains, entered through two years of pediatrics — heavy on epilepsy, neurogenetics, and long relationships with families.
How each measure is made
- Training length
- How many years the accredited residency itself runs. Specialties you enter at PGY-2 need a separately matched preliminary or transitional year before this clock starts, and any fellowship comes after it.Accredited length across programs in this specialty. A few specialties run both lengths — Emergency Medicine has three-year and four-year programs — and are shown as a range.
- Residents in training
- How many residents the specialty holds at once, counting every training year at every program. It is a measure of the field’s size rather than of its annual intake — divide by the training length for a rough sense of how many start each year.Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
- Programs
- How many separately accredited residency programs the specialty has. Each one is its own application, its own interview, and its own line on your rank list.Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
- States and territories
- How many states and territories have at least one program. This is the geography question: a specialty with 400 programs across 20 states is far more concentrated than one with 100 spread across 45.Distinct states with at least one published program.
- First-year resident pay
- What you are paid during your first year of training, before any of it becomes an attending salary. The spread across specialties is narrow — this is not the number that separates them.Median PGY-1 stipend across programs — what you are paid during residency, not what the specialty earns afterwards.
- Interviews per position
- How many applicants a program interviews for each position it offers — at 4×, a program with ten spots interviews about forty people. It is a read on how far the field narrows at the interview stage, not on how many applied.Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.