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Professional Physical Therapists
Career and Education Info
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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 30 $70,860 0.6 Alabama Birmingham 490 $75,040 0.7 Alabama Decatur 50 $77,370 0.8 Alabama Dothan 50 $79,490 0.7 Alabama Florence 50 $59,220 0.9 Alabama Gadsden 60 $83,730 1.7 Alabama Huntsville 230 $81,710 0.9 Alabama Mobile 140 $72,260 0.6 Alabama Montgomery 140 $81,940 0.7 Alabama Tuscaloosa 100 $76,480 1 Alaska Anchorage 230 $81,850 1.2 Arizona Flagstaff 110 $67,810 1.8 Arizona Kingman 50 $77,520 0.9 Arizona Phoenix 1,690 $69,440 0.7 Arizona Prescott 90 $73,620 1.3 Arizona Tucson 500 $80,830 1.1 Arkansas Fayetteville 230 $69,220 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 100 $78,270 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 70 $65,250 1.8 Arkansas Jonesboro 80 $65,760 1.5 Arkansas Little Rock 550 $68,330 1.3 California Bakersfield 150 $81,850 0.5 California Chico 120 $83,990 1.5 California Fresno 400 $81,740 1 California Merced 40 $90,090 0.6 California Modesto 160 $80,010 0.8 California Napa 120 $62,020 1.6 California Oakland 860 $85,600 0.7 California Oxnard 350 $86,540 0.9 California Redding 50 $84,810 0.7 California Riverside 980 $87,280 0.6 California Sacramento 830 $83,410 0.7 California Salinas 170 $81,220 0.9 California San Diego 1,170 $78,180 0.7 California San Francisco 790 $92,370 0.6 California San Jose 650 $80,650 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 130 $66,220 1.1 California Santa Ana 1,350 $93,110 0.7 California Santa Barbara 120 $83,030 0.6 California Santa Cruz 80 $77,280 0.8 California Santa Rosa 180 $83,000 0.8 California Stockton 200 $85,560 0.8 California Vallejo 150 $80,340 1 California Visalia 60 $76,820 0.4 Colorado Boulder 390 $58,650 2 Colorado Colorado Springs 390 $68,110 1.2 Colorado Denver 1,570 $69,890 1 Colorado Fort Collins 210 $63,750 1.5 Colorado Grand Junction 90 $69,000 1.4 Colorado Greeley 100 $63,850 1.2 Colorado Pueblo 60 $72,440 1 Connecticut Bridgeport 660 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 190 $72,550 2.3Connecticut Hartford 1,140 $79,860 1.5 Connecticut New Haven 640 $71,530 1.8 Connecticut Norwich 190 $73,680 1.3 Connecticut Waterbury 210 $73,160 2.7Delaware Dover 50 $78,070 0.8 Delaware Wilmington 480 $74,640 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 1,480 $75,850 0.5 Florida Cape Coral 300 $79,500 1.2 Florida Deltona 250 $73,310 1.3 Florida Fort Lauderdale 910 $80,820 1 Florida Gainesville 230 $70,340 1.7 Florida Jacksonville 670 $76,890 0.9 Florida Lakeland 310 $63,590 1.3 Florida Miami 1,930 $74,820 1.5 Florida Naples 240 $96,160 1.7 Florida Ocala 150 $64,210 1.3 Florida Orlando 1,120 $74,830 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 230 $75,410 1 Florida Panama City 150 $73,470 1.9 Florida Pensacola 180 $63,330 1 Florida Port St Lucie 260 $74,410 1.7 Florida Punta Gorda 90 $80,740 2.1Florida Sarasota 360 $74,920 1.1 Florida Sebastian 90 $82,680 1.7 Florida Tallahassee 110 $72,340 0.6 Florida Tampa 1,560 $76,570 1 Florida West Palm Beach 790 $76,830 1.2 Georgia Albany 160 $56,430 2.3Georgia Athens 150 $61,990 1.7 Georgia Atlanta 1,790 $76,050 0.6 Georgia Augusta 270 $77,320 1.1 Georgia Columbus 90 $73,160 0.7 Georgia Gainesville 60 $69,170 0.7 Georgia Macon 150 $82,760 1.3 Georgia Rome 50 $68,680 1.3 Georgia Savannah 130 $63,810 0.7 Georgia Warner Robins 50 $90,540 0.9 Hawaii Honolulu 850 $52,770 1.5 Idaho Boise 390 $67,190 1.2 Idaho Coeur Dalene 90 $72,990 1.5 Idaho Idaho Falls 70 $72,810 1.3 Idaho Pocatello 40 $61,420 1.3 Illinois Bloomington 100 $72,900 1.2 Illinois Champaign 170 $81,680 1.5 Illinois Chicago 4,540 $82,810 0.9 Illinois Kankakee 50 $71,670 1.2 Illinois Rockford 170 $79,330 0.9 Illinois Springfield 90 $81,640 0.7 Indiana Anderson 50 $75,620 1.2 Indiana Bloomington 100 $72,090 1.3 Indiana Columbus 40 $77,740 0.9 Indiana Elkhart 70 $82,370 0.5 Indiana Evansville 280 $61,870 1.3 Indiana Fort Wayne 270 $64,830 1 Indiana Gary 470 $80,850 1.3 Indiana Indianapolis 1,540 $68,240 1.3 Indiana Kokomo 60 $67,290 1.6 Indiana Lafayette 110 $61,030 1.3 Indiana Michigan City 30 $72,710 0.6 Indiana South Bend 170 $76,660 1 Indiana Terre Haute 130 $79,410 1.6 Iowa Cedar Rapids 140 $65,370 0.9 Iowa Davenport 160 $82,410 0.7 Iowa Des Moines 380 $65,800 0.9 Iowa Dubuque 60 $68,870 1 Iowa Iowa City 140 $66,190 1.7 Iowa Sioux City 60 $73,310 0.7 Iowa Waterloo 110 $63,410 1.1 Kansas Lawrence 90 $58,540 1.8 Kansas Topeka 200 $56,120 1.5 Kansas Wichita 380 $72,170 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 150 $79,520 2.3Kentucky Elizabethtown 30 $73,500 0.6 Kentucky Lexington 270 $68,950 0.9 Kentucky Louisville 610 $70,710 0.8 Kentucky Owensboro 50 $73,190 0.9 Louisiana Alexandria 80 $90,210 1.2 Louisiana Baton Rouge 430 $78,560 0.9 Louisiana Houma 60 $80,300 0.5 Louisiana Lafayette 130 $76,170 0.7 Louisiana Lake Charles 100 $71,900 1 Louisiana Monroe 70 $82,470 0.8 Louisiana New Orleans 610 $72,580 0.9 Louisiana Shreveport 280 $80,740 1.3 Maine Bangor 80 $74,580 1.1 Maine Lewiston 70 $52,890 1.3 Maine Portland 290 $65,470 1.2 Maryland Baltimore 2,300 $80,070 1.4 Maryland Bethesda 990 $80,930 1.4 Maryland Cumberland 100 $72,680 2.6Maryland Hagerstown 70 $79,270 0.6 Maryland Salisbury 120 $67,860 2Massachusetts Barnstable Town 230 $73,230 1.9 Massachusetts Boston 3,310 $70,180 1.5 Massachusetts Brockton 190 $72,260 1.8 Massachusetts Framingham 300 $72,910 1.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 200 $70,800 2.2Massachusetts Lawrence 110 $65,860 1.7 Massachusetts Leominster 90 $66,110 1.6 Massachusetts Lowell 180 $69,930 1.2 Massachusetts New Bedford 120 $75,880 1.6 Massachusetts Springfield 560 $72,540 1.5 Massachusetts Worcester 390 $73,550 1.3 Michigan Ann Arbor 400 $65,400 2 Michigan Battle Creek 100 $87,200 1.9 Michigan Bay City 60 $72,700 1.6 Michigan Detroit 1,180 $75,710 1.3 Michigan Flint 340 $71,040 2.1Michigan Grand Rapids 460 $70,920 1 Michigan Holland 150 $70,500 1.2 Michigan Jackson 40 0.7 Michigan Kalamazoo 150 $74,050 0.9 Michigan Lansing 230 $71,780 1 Michigan Muskegon 70 $69,630 1 Michigan Niles 100 $71,130 1.4 Michigan Saginaw 160 $77,230 1.8 Michigan Warren 2,010 $78,450 1.4 Minnesota Duluth 230 $66,530 1.5 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,830 $67,560 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 210 $71,690 1.9 Minnesota St Cloud 150 $66,060 1.2 Mississippi Gulfport 120 $64,200 0.9 Mississippi Hattiesburg 80 $70,440 1.3 Mississippi Jackson 370 $75,500 1.2 Mississippi Pascagoula 100 $72,850 1.9 Missouri Columbia 110 $57,770 1.2 Missouri Joplin 170 $61,550 1.8 Missouri Kansas City 1,250 $65,800 0.9 Missouri Springfield 250 $69,800 1 Missouri St Joseph 40 $55,910 0.7 Missouri St Louis 2,320 $61,710 1.3 Montana Missoula 180 $52,020 3.1Nebraska Lincoln 240 $66,470 1.2 Nebraska Omaha 580 $64,890 1 Nevada Carson City 40 $72,250 1.4 Nevada Las Vegas 740 $90,050 0.6 Nevada Reno 150 $77,980 0.6 New Hampshire Manchester 140 $67,740 1.1 New Hampshire Nashua 240 $65,120 1.4 New Hampshire Portsmouth 110 $64,920 1.7 New Hampshire Rochester 100 $73,490 1.6 New Jersey Atlantic City 220 $80,560 1.2 New Jersey Camden 730 $81,490 1.1 New Jersey Edison 1,880 $81,910 1.4 New Jersey Newark 1,120 $85,620 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 40 $77,930 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 270 $79,990 1 New Jersey Vineland 60 $80,040 0.9 New Mexico Albuquerque 390 $64,090 0.8 New Mexico Farmington 60 $65,460 1 New Mexico Las Cruces 140 $51,610 2New Mexico Santa Fe 70 $66,760 1 New York Albany 520 $63,630 0.9 New York Binghamton 130 $67,240 1 New York Buffalo 1,000 $62,450 1.5 New York Glens Falls 90 $57,800 1.5 New York Ithaca 70 $53,040 1.5 New York Kingston 100 $85,400 1.5 New York Nassau 2,640 $75,150 1.6 New York New York 7,130 $78,670 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 290 $78,410 1 New York Rochester 550 $65,730 0.9 New York Syracuse 530 $61,800 1.4 New York Utica 210 $69,360 1.4 North Carolina Asheville 260 $68,070 1.2 North Carolina Burlington 40 $73,860 0.6 North Carolina Charlotte 680 $72,070 0.6 North Carolina Durham 400 $72,650 1.2 North Carolina Fayetteville 180 $73,790 1.2 North Carolina Greensboro 310 $78,610 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 140 $60,600 1.7 North Carolina Hickory 100 $74,000 0.5 North Carolina Jacksonville 40 $77,950 0.9 North Carolina Raleigh 610 $75,150 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 80 $82,750 1.2 North Carolina Wilmington 210 $80,290 1.2 North Carolina Winston Salem 310 $73,590 1.2 North Dakota Bismarck 80 $57,120 1.3 North Dakota Fargo 150 $68,000 1.1 North Dakota Grand Forks 70 $63,730 1.3 Ohio Akron 380 $79,770 0.9 Ohio Canton 300 $82,020 1.4 Ohio Cincinnati 1,560 $71,260 1.2 Ohio Cleveland 1,470 $75,070 1.1 Ohio Columbus 1,010 $73,440 0.8 Ohio Dayton 480 $73,550 1 Ohio Lima 60 $79,090 1 Ohio Mansfield 40 $65,300 0.7 Ohio Springfield 80 $73,530 1.5 Ohio Toledo 470 $81,760 1.2 Ohio Youngstown 480 $73,500 1.7 Oklahoma Lawton 40 $70,520 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 740 $73,230 1 Oklahoma Tulsa 560 $61,150 1 Oregon Bend 160 $66,230 2Oregon Corvallis 50 $70,390 1.5 Oregon Eugene 240 $74,170 1.3 Oregon Medford 120 $70,440 1.2 Oregon Portland 1,400 $68,470 1.1 Oregon Salem 130 $72,240 0.7 Pennsylvania Allentown 550 $74,040 1.3 Pennsylvania Altoona 60 $70,800 0.9 Pennsylvania Erie 310 $73,610 2.1Pennsylvania Harrisburg 470 $80,880 1.2 Pennsylvania Lancaster 290 $79,850 1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 40 $70,030 0.8 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 3,020 $73,940 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,780 $68,800 1.2 Pennsylvania Reading 310 $74,590 1.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 370 $68,120 1.2 Pennsylvania State College 50 $68,900 0.8 Pennsylvania Williamsport 100 $78,980 1.8 Pennsylvania York 270 $72,780 1.2 Rhode Island Providence 950 $80,020 1.3 South Carolina Anderson 50 $74,010 0.7 South Carolina Charleston 480 $69,640 1.3 South Carolina Columbia 330 $74,650 0.7 South Carolina Florence 150 $87,060 1.5 South Carolina Greenville 320 $68,770 0.8 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 110 $67,520 0.8 South Carolina Spartanburg 180 $67,610 1.2 South Dakota Rapid City 90 $62,280 1.3 South Dakota Sioux Falls 230 $61,730 1.4 Tennessee Chattanooga 260 $71,090 0.9 Tennessee Clarksville 30 $84,110 0.3 Tennessee Jackson 170 $61,880 2.6Tennessee Johnson City 110 $81,320 1.3 Tennessee Kingsport 140 $77,760 1 Tennessee Knoxville 480 $69,880 1.1 Tennessee Memphis 720 $79,490 0.9 Tennessee Nashville 720 $73,820 0.7 Texas Abilene 60 $77,100 0.9 Texas Amarillo 170 $65,030 1.4 Texas Austin 840 $66,390 0.9 Texas Beaumont 80 $81,470 0.4 Texas Brownsville 120 $76,380 0.8 Texas College Station 50 $74,920 0.6 Texas Corpus Christi 230 $84,700 1.1 Texas Dallas 1,640 $76,970 0.6 Texas El Paso 250 $86,370 0.8 Texas Fort Worth 1,060 $79,970 1 Texas Houston 2,010 $77,160 0.6 Texas Killeen 80 $78,850 0.6 Texas Laredo 70 $107,480 0.7 Texas Longview 60 $91,340 0.5 Texas Mcallen 390 $92,260 1.4 Texas Midland 100 $58,210 1.3 Texas Odessa 50 $72,630 0.8 Texas San Angelo 50 $81,000 1.1 Texas San Antonio 900 $81,380 0.8 Texas Sherman 140 $89,080 3.3Texas Texarkana 100 $74,460 1.6 Texas Tyler 180 $76,050 1.7 Texas Victoria 50 $87,640 1 Texas Waco 110 $74,840 1 Texas Wichita Falls 100 $89,210 1.5 Utah Logan 60 $76,230 1.2 Utah Ogden 220 $69,420 0.9 Utah Provo 220 $65,970 1.1 Utah Salt Lake City 510 $64,790 0.6 Utah St George 50 $67,990 0.9 Vermont Burlington 220 $64,050 1.7 Virginia Blacksburg 80 $71,990 1.2 Virginia Charlottesville 210 $75,210 1.9 Virginia Danville 70 $86,240 1.9 Virginia Lynchburg 150 $75,060 1.3 Virginia Richmond 680 $66,890 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 200 $70,270 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 770 $74,690 0.8 Virginia Winchester 100 $71,070 1.7 Washington Bellingham 50 $70,940 0.5 Washington Bremerton 140 $73,400 1.5 Washington Kennewick 100 $66,550 1 Washington Mount Vernon 80 $68,300 1.6 Washington Olympia 120 $62,700 1.1 Washington Seattle 1,910 $76,600 1 Washington Spokane 460 $65,280 1.8 Washington Tacoma 380 $66,830 1.1 Washington Wenatchee 50 $76,620 1.2 Washington Yakima 90 $73,560 1 West Virginia Charleston 160 $73,790 0.9 West Virginia Huntington 140 $79,850 1 West Virginia Morgantown 90 $80,130 1.8 West Virginia Parkersburg 70 $88,120 0.9 West Virginia Wheeling 70 $69,890 1 Wisconsin Appleton 130 $74,260 1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 130 $73,980 1.5 Wisconsin Fond 50 $72,080 1 Wisconsin Green Bay 200 $74,660 1 Wisconsin Janesville 80 $70,360 1.1 Wisconsin La Crosse 130 $70,960 1.7 Wisconsin Madison 390 $71,840 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,560 $68,970 1.4 Wisconsin Oshkosh 110 $79,080 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 90 $65,500 1 Wisconsin Sheboygan 80 $68,210 1.3 Wisconsin Wausau 70 $62,030 0.9 Wyoming Cheyenne 60 $64,520 1.3
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