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Professional Physical Therapists

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Job Numbers and Growth

Professional physical therapists in the US number about 173,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 23% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 8% of professional physical therapists are self-employed.

Training and Education

Expect to need to get a master's degree if you pursue this occupation. 89% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 9 of people working as professional physical therapists have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 2% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs per capita for employees are most common in Sherman (Texas), Missoula (Montana), and Waterbury (Connecticut), and least common in Beaumont (Texas), Visalia (California), and Clarksville (Tennessee).

Jobs for professional physical therapists pay the most in Laredo (Texas), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Alexandria (Louisiana), and the least in Las Cruces (New Mexico), Albany (Georgia), and Honolulu (Hawaii).

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Professional Physical Therapists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Professional Physical Therapists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Professional Physical Therapists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Professional Physical Therapists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston30$70,8600.6
AlabamaBirmingham490$75,0400.7
AlabamaDecatur50$77,3700.8
AlabamaDothan50$79,4900.7
AlabamaFlorence50$59,2200.9
AlabamaGadsden60$83,7301.7
AlabamaHuntsville230$81,7100.9
AlabamaMobile140$72,2600.6
AlabamaMontgomery140$81,9400.7
AlabamaTuscaloosa100$76,4801
AlaskaAnchorage230$81,8501.2
ArizonaFlagstaff110$67,8101.8
ArizonaKingman50$77,5200.9
ArizonaPhoenix1,690$69,4400.7
ArizonaPrescott90$73,6201.3
ArizonaTucson500$80,8301.1
ArkansasFayetteville230$69,2200.9
ArkansasFort Smith100$78,2700.7
ArkansasHot Springs70$65,2501.8
ArkansasJonesboro80$65,7601.5
ArkansasLittle Rock550$68,3301.3
CaliforniaBakersfield150$81,8500.5
CaliforniaChico120$83,9901.5
CaliforniaFresno400$81,7401
CaliforniaMerced40$90,0900.6
CaliforniaModesto160$80,0100.8
CaliforniaNapa120$62,0201.6
CaliforniaOakland860$85,6000.7
CaliforniaOxnard350$86,5400.9
CaliforniaRedding50$84,8100.7
CaliforniaRiverside980$87,2800.6
CaliforniaSacramento830$83,4100.7
CaliforniaSalinas170$81,2200.9
CaliforniaSan Diego1,170$78,1800.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco790$92,3700.6
CaliforniaSan Jose650$80,6500.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo130$66,2201.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,350$93,1100.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara120$83,0300.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz80$77,2800.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa180$83,0000.8
CaliforniaStockton200$85,5600.8
CaliforniaVallejo150$80,3401
CaliforniaVisalia60$76,8200.4
ColoradoBoulder390$58,6502
ColoradoColorado Springs390$68,1101.2
ColoradoDenver1,570$69,8901
ColoradoFort Collins210$63,7501.5
ColoradoGrand Junction90$69,0001.4
ColoradoGreeley100$63,8501.2
ColoradoPueblo60$72,4401
ConnecticutBridgeport660 1.2
ConnecticutDanbury190$72,550 2.3
ConnecticutHartford1,140$79,8601.5
ConnecticutNew Haven640$71,5301.8
ConnecticutNorwich190$73,6801.3
ConnecticutWaterbury210$73,160 2.7
DelawareDover50$78,0700.8
DelawareWilmington480$74,6401.2
District of ColumbiaWashington1,480$75,8500.5
FloridaCape Coral300$79,5001.2
FloridaDeltona250$73,3101.3
FloridaFort Lauderdale910$80,8201
FloridaGainesville230$70,3401.7
FloridaJacksonville670$76,8900.9
FloridaLakeland310$63,5901.3
FloridaMiami1,930$74,8201.5
FloridaNaples240$96,1601.7
FloridaOcala150$64,2101.3
FloridaOrlando1,120$74,8300.8
FloridaPalm Bay230$75,4101
FloridaPanama City150$73,4701.9
FloridaPensacola180$63,3301
FloridaPort St Lucie260$74,4101.7
FloridaPunta Gorda90$80,740 2.1
FloridaSarasota360$74,9201.1
FloridaSebastian90$82,6801.7
FloridaTallahassee110$72,3400.6
FloridaTampa1,560$76,5701
FloridaWest Palm Beach790$76,8301.2
GeorgiaAlbany160$56,430 2.3
GeorgiaAthens150$61,9901.7
GeorgiaAtlanta1,790$76,0500.6
GeorgiaAugusta270$77,3201.1
GeorgiaColumbus90$73,1600.7
GeorgiaGainesville60$69,1700.7
GeorgiaMacon150$82,7601.3
GeorgiaRome50$68,6801.3
GeorgiaSavannah130$63,8100.7
GeorgiaWarner Robins50$90,5400.9
HawaiiHonolulu850$52,7701.5
IdahoBoise390$67,1901.2
IdahoCoeur Dalene90$72,9901.5
IdahoIdaho Falls70$72,8101.3
IdahoPocatello40$61,4201.3
IllinoisBloomington100$72,9001.2
IllinoisChampaign170$81,6801.5
IllinoisChicago4,540$82,8100.9
IllinoisKankakee50$71,6701.2
IllinoisRockford170$79,3300.9
IllinoisSpringfield90$81,6400.7
IndianaAnderson50$75,6201.2
IndianaBloomington100$72,0901.3
IndianaColumbus40$77,7400.9
IndianaElkhart70$82,3700.5
IndianaEvansville280$61,8701.3
IndianaFort Wayne270$64,8301
IndianaGary470$80,8501.3
IndianaIndianapolis1,540$68,2401.3
IndianaKokomo60$67,2901.6
IndianaLafayette110$61,0301.3
IndianaMichigan City30$72,7100.6
IndianaSouth Bend170$76,6601
IndianaTerre Haute130$79,4101.6
IowaCedar Rapids140$65,3700.9
IowaDavenport160$82,4100.7
IowaDes Moines380$65,8000.9
IowaDubuque60$68,8701
IowaIowa City140$66,1901.7
IowaSioux City60$73,3100.7
IowaWaterloo110$63,4101.1
KansasLawrence90$58,5401.8
KansasTopeka200$56,1201.5
KansasWichita380$72,1701
KentuckyBowling Green150$79,520 2.3
KentuckyElizabethtown30$73,5000.6
KentuckyLexington270$68,9500.9
KentuckyLouisville610$70,7100.8
KentuckyOwensboro50$73,1900.9
LouisianaAlexandria80$90,2101.2
LouisianaBaton Rouge430$78,5600.9
LouisianaHouma60$80,3000.5
LouisianaLafayette130$76,1700.7
LouisianaLake Charles100$71,9001
LouisianaMonroe70$82,4700.8
LouisianaNew Orleans610$72,5800.9
LouisianaShreveport280$80,7401.3
MaineBangor80$74,5801.1
MaineLewiston70$52,8901.3
MainePortland290$65,4701.2
MarylandBaltimore2,300$80,0701.4
MarylandBethesda990$80,9301.4
MarylandCumberland100$72,680 2.6
MarylandHagerstown70$79,2700.6
MarylandSalisbury120$67,860 2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town230$73,2301.9
MassachusettsBoston3,310$70,1801.5
MassachusettsBrockton190$72,2601.8
MassachusettsFramingham300$72,9101.5
MassachusettsHaverhill200$70,800 2.2
MassachusettsLawrence110$65,8601.7
MassachusettsLeominster90$66,1101.6
MassachusettsLowell180$69,9301.2
MassachusettsNew Bedford120$75,8801.6
MassachusettsSpringfield560$72,5401.5
MassachusettsWorcester390$73,5501.3
MichiganAnn Arbor400$65,4002
MichiganBattle Creek100$87,2001.9
MichiganBay City60$72,7001.6
MichiganDetroit1,180$75,7101.3
MichiganFlint340$71,040 2.1
MichiganGrand Rapids460$70,9201
MichiganHolland150$70,5001.2
MichiganJackson40 0.7
MichiganKalamazoo150$74,0500.9
MichiganLansing230$71,7801
MichiganMuskegon70$69,6301
MichiganNiles100$71,1301.4
MichiganSaginaw160$77,2301.8
MichiganWarren2,010$78,4501.4
MinnesotaDuluth230$66,5301.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,830$67,5600.8
MinnesotaRochester210$71,6901.9
MinnesotaSt Cloud150$66,0601.2
MississippiGulfport120$64,2000.9
MississippiHattiesburg80$70,4401.3
MississippiJackson370$75,5001.2
MississippiPascagoula100$72,8501.9
MissouriColumbia110$57,7701.2
MissouriJoplin170$61,5501.8
MissouriKansas City1,250$65,8000.9
MissouriSpringfield250$69,8001
MissouriSt Joseph40$55,9100.7
MissouriSt Louis2,320$61,7101.3
MontanaMissoula180$52,020 3.1
NebraskaLincoln240$66,4701.2
NebraskaOmaha580$64,8901
NevadaCarson City40$72,2501.4
NevadaLas Vegas740$90,0500.6
NevadaReno150$77,9800.6
New HampshireManchester140$67,7401.1
New HampshireNashua240$65,1201.4
New HampshirePortsmouth110$64,9201.7
New HampshireRochester100$73,4901.6
New JerseyAtlantic City220$80,5601.2
New JerseyCamden730$81,4901.1
New JerseyEdison1,880$81,9101.4
New JerseyNewark1,120$85,6200.9
New JerseyOcean City40$77,9300.9
New JerseyTrenton270$79,9901
New JerseyVineland60$80,0400.9
New MexicoAlbuquerque390$64,0900.8
New MexicoFarmington60$65,4601
New MexicoLas Cruces140$51,610 2
New MexicoSanta Fe70$66,7601
New YorkAlbany520$63,6300.9
New YorkBinghamton130$67,2401
New YorkBuffalo1,000$62,4501.5
New YorkGlens Falls90$57,8001.5
New YorkIthaca70$53,0401.5
New YorkKingston100$85,4001.5
New YorkNassau2,640$75,1501.6
New YorkNew York7,130$78,6701.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie290$78,4101
New YorkRochester550$65,7300.9
New YorkSyracuse530$61,8001.4
New YorkUtica210$69,3601.4
North CarolinaAsheville260$68,0701.2
North CarolinaBurlington40$73,8600.6
North CarolinaCharlotte680$72,0700.6
North CarolinaDurham400$72,6501.2
North CarolinaFayetteville180$73,7901.2
North CarolinaGreensboro310$78,6100.7
North CarolinaGreenville140$60,6001.7
North CarolinaHickory100$74,0000.5
North CarolinaJacksonville40$77,9500.9
North CarolinaRaleigh610$75,1500.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount80$82,7501.2
North CarolinaWilmington210$80,2901.2
North CarolinaWinston Salem310$73,5901.2
North DakotaBismarck80$57,1201.3
North DakotaFargo150$68,0001.1
North DakotaGrand Forks70$63,7301.3
OhioAkron380$79,7700.9
OhioCanton300$82,0201.4
OhioCincinnati1,560$71,2601.2
OhioCleveland1,470$75,0701.1
OhioColumbus1,010$73,4400.8
OhioDayton480$73,5501
OhioLima60$79,0901
OhioMansfield40$65,3000.7
OhioSpringfield80$73,5301.5
OhioToledo470$81,7601.2
OhioYoungstown480$73,5001.7
OklahomaLawton40$70,5201
OklahomaOklahoma City740$73,2301
OklahomaTulsa560$61,1501
OregonBend160$66,230 2
OregonCorvallis50$70,3901.5
OregonEugene240$74,1701.3
OregonMedford120$70,4401.2
OregonPortland1,400$68,4701.1
OregonSalem130$72,2400.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown550$74,0401.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona60$70,8000.9
PennsylvaniaErie310$73,610 2.1
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg470$80,8801.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster290$79,8501
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$70,0300.8
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,020$73,9401.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,780$68,8001.2
PennsylvaniaReading310$74,5901.5
PennsylvaniaScranton370$68,1201.2
PennsylvaniaState College50$68,9000.8
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport100$78,9801.8
PennsylvaniaYork270$72,7801.2
Rhode IslandProvidence950$80,0201.3
South CarolinaAnderson50$74,0100.7
South CarolinaCharleston480$69,6401.3
South CarolinaColumbia330$74,6500.7
South CarolinaFlorence150$87,0601.5
South CarolinaGreenville320$68,7700.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach110$67,5200.8
South CarolinaSpartanburg180$67,6101.2
South DakotaRapid City90$62,2801.3
South DakotaSioux Falls230$61,7301.4
TennesseeChattanooga260$71,0900.9
TennesseeClarksville30$84,1100.3
TennesseeJackson170$61,880 2.6
TennesseeJohnson City110$81,3201.3
TennesseeKingsport140$77,7601
TennesseeKnoxville480$69,8801.1
TennesseeMemphis720$79,4900.9
TennesseeNashville720$73,8200.7
TexasAbilene60$77,1000.9
TexasAmarillo170$65,0301.4
TexasAustin840$66,3900.9
TexasBeaumont80$81,4700.4
TexasBrownsville120$76,3800.8
TexasCollege Station50$74,9200.6
TexasCorpus Christi230$84,7001.1
TexasDallas1,640$76,9700.6
TexasEl Paso250$86,3700.8
TexasFort Worth1,060$79,9701
TexasHouston2,010$77,1600.6
TexasKilleen80$78,8500.6
TexasLaredo70$107,4800.7
TexasLongview60$91,3400.5
TexasMcallen390$92,2601.4
TexasMidland100$58,2101.3
TexasOdessa50$72,6300.8
TexasSan Angelo50$81,0001.1
TexasSan Antonio900$81,3800.8
TexasSherman140$89,080 3.3
TexasTexarkana100$74,4601.6
TexasTyler180$76,0501.7
TexasVictoria50$87,6401
TexasWaco110$74,8401
TexasWichita Falls100$89,2101.5
UtahLogan60$76,2301.2
UtahOgden220$69,4200.9
UtahProvo220$65,9701.1
UtahSalt Lake City510$64,7900.6
UtahSt George50$67,9900.9
VermontBurlington220$64,0501.7
VirginiaBlacksburg80$71,9901.2
VirginiaCharlottesville210$75,2101.9
VirginiaDanville70$86,2401.9
VirginiaLynchburg150$75,0601.3
VirginiaRichmond680$66,8900.9
VirginiaRoanoke200$70,2701
VirginiaVirginia Beach770$74,6900.8
VirginiaWinchester100$71,0701.7
WashingtonBellingham50$70,9400.5
WashingtonBremerton140$73,4001.5
WashingtonKennewick100$66,5501
WashingtonMount Vernon80$68,3001.6
WashingtonOlympia120$62,7001.1
WashingtonSeattle1,910$76,6001
WashingtonSpokane460$65,2801.8
WashingtonTacoma380$66,8301.1
WashingtonWenatchee50$76,6201.2
WashingtonYakima90$73,5601
West VirginiaCharleston160$73,7900.9
West VirginiaHuntington140$79,8501
West VirginiaMorgantown90$80,1301.8
West VirginiaParkersburg70$88,1200.9
West VirginiaWheeling70$69,8901
WisconsinAppleton130$74,2601
WisconsinEau Claire130$73,9801.5
WisconsinFond50$72,0801
WisconsinGreen Bay200$74,6601
WisconsinJanesville80$70,3601.1
WisconsinLa Crosse130$70,9601.7
WisconsinMadison390$71,8400.9
WisconsinMilwaukee1,560$68,9701.4
WisconsinOshkosh110$79,0801.1
WisconsinRacine90$65,5001
WisconsinSheboygan80$68,2101.3
WisconsinWausau70$62,0300.9
WyomingCheyenne60$64,5201.3
 

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