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Physical Therapy Assistants
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 60,000 physical therapy assistants in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is very low when compared to other careers.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
27% of employees work on a part-time basis.
Training and Education
If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having an associate degree. The percentage of workers with a 4 year degree is 23%. According to 2008 data 65% of employees have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among physical therapy assistants, 12% have a high-school diploma, but no college 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 for this occupation are most common in Gadsden (Alabama), Bay City (Michigan), and Canton (Ohio), but are rarer in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Stockton (California).
Employees are paid comparatively more in Oxnard (California), San Francisco (California), and Virginia Beach (Virginia) and comparatively less in Bethesda (Maryland), Lafayette (Louisiana), and Lake Charles (Louisiana).
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Physical Therapy Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Physical Therapy Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Physical Therapy Assistants 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 Physical Therapy Assistants are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 30 $36,770 1.7 Alabama Birmingham 350 $48,010 1.6 Alabama Decatur 50 $41,620 2.5Alabama Dothan 50 $48,450 2.2Alabama Gadsden 80 $52,530 6.6Alabama Huntsville 80 $33,790 0.9 Alabama Mobile 90 $42,450 1.2 Alabama Montgomery 110 $44,730 1.6 Alabama Tuscaloosa 90 $38,670 2.6Arizona Phoenix 600 $39,390 0.8 Arizona Tucson 160 $39,560 1 Arkansas Fayetteville 50 $41,370 0.6 Arkansas Fort Smith 100 $50,440 2.1Arkansas Little Rock 140 $42,580 1 California Bakersfield 60 $53,390 0.5 California Chico 40 1.5 California Fresno 80 $52,160 0.6 California Modesto 60 $53,040 0.9 California Oakland 250 $54,710 0.6 California Oxnard 140 $67,700 1.1 California Riverside 420 $55,940 0.8 California Sacramento 280 $56,680 0.7 California San Diego 390 $58,120 0.7 California San Francisco 160 $60,960 0.4 California San Jose 170 $50,550 0.4 California Santa Ana 420 $55,050 0.6 California Santa Rosa 40 $47,770 0.5 California Stockton 30 $49,550 0.3 California Visalia 40 $38,740 0.7 Colorado Boulder 40 $39,440 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 60 $39,750 0.6 Colorado Denver 270 $39,000 0.5 Colorado Fort Collins 40 $35,880 0.8 Colorado Pueblo 60 $37,770 3Connecticut Bridgeport 100 $48,310 0.5 Connecticut Hartford 150 0.6 Connecticut New Haven 90 $45,520 0.8 Connecticut Waterbury 80 $44,540 3.1Delaware Wilmington 160 $47,490 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 450 $45,030 0.5 Florida Cape Coral 90 $48,680 1 Florida Deltona 70 $47,560 1.1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 450 $52,820 1.4 Florida Gainesville 60 $43,590 1.3 Florida Jacksonville 220 $51,400 0.9 Florida Lakeland 40 $48,390 0.5 Florida Miami 530 $46,330 1.3 Florida Naples 50 $56,040 1 Florida Ocala 110 $45,180 3Florida Orlando 230 $51,990 0.5 Florida Palm Bay 90 $46,630 1.1 Florida Panama City 60 $43,930 2.3Florida Pensacola 60 $39,300 1 Florida Port St Lucie 60 $57,260 1.2 Florida Punta Gorda 30 $42,410 2.1Florida Sarasota 80 $49,600 0.7 Florida Sebastian 50 $51,300 2.8Florida Tallahassee 30 $56,650 0.5 Florida Tampa 670 $55,710 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 240 $45,750 1.1 Georgia Albany 40 $45,910 1.7 Georgia Athens 50 $28,660 1.7 Georgia Atlanta 440 $48,310 0.4 Georgia Augusta 80 $50,170 0.9 Georgia Brunswick 80 $55,230 5.2Georgia Columbus 30 $43,270 0.7 Georgia Gainesville 30 $43,090 1.1 Georgia Macon 40 $50,280 1 Hawaii Honolulu 220 $35,650 1.2 Illinois Bloomington 80 $43,850 3Illinois Champaign 60 $57,150 1.6 Illinois Chicago 1,470 $52,090 0.9 Illinois Peoria 50 $47,010 0.7 Illinois Rockford 130 $45,450 2.1Indiana Anderson 30 $56,330 2.1Indiana Evansville 160 $44,150 2.3Indiana Fort Wayne 150 $45,860 1.7 Indiana Gary 180 $46,540 1.6 Indiana Indianapolis 350 $52,860 0.9 Indiana South Bend 60 $40,400 1.1 Indiana Terre Haute 40 $51,920 1.5 Iowa Davenport 50 $44,300 0.7 Iowa Des Moines 100 $43,710 0.7 Iowa Iowa City 50 $44,680 1.8 Iowa Sioux City 30 $35,540 1.1 Iowa Waterloo 60 $33,880 1.8 Kansas Topeka 130 $42,370 3Kansas Wichita 110 $42,870 0.9 Kentucky Lexington 240 $35,780 2.4Kentucky Louisville 280 $50,190 1.1 Kentucky Owensboro 50 $44,020 2.8Louisiana Baton Rouge 100 $41,780 0.6 Louisiana Lafayette 60 $30,930 1 Louisiana Lake Charles 40 $32,700 1.2 Louisiana New Orleans 260 $46,530 1.2 Louisiana Shreveport 90 $46,250 1.3 Maine Portland 40 $43,610 0.5 Maryland Baltimore 680 $46,100 1.2 Maryland Bethesda 360 $36,300 1.5 Maryland Cumberland 30 $38,510 2.4Maryland Hagerstown 40 $44,350 1 Maryland Salisbury 40 $37,330 2.1Massachusetts Barnstable Town 80 $52,920 2Massachusetts Boston 1,160 $45,530 1.6 Massachusetts Brockton 90 $49,770 2.6Massachusetts Framingham 50 $51,680 0.8 Massachusetts Haverhill 90 $45,870 3Massachusetts Leominster 60 $46,150 3.2Massachusetts Lowell 40 $44,140 0.8 Massachusetts New Bedford 90 $50,150 3.7Massachusetts Springfield 220 $47,310 1.8 Massachusetts Worcester 110 $50,490 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 60 $33,140 0.9 Michigan Battle Creek 60 $49,950 3.3Michigan Bay City 70 $43,660 5.7Michigan Detroit 260 $47,370 0.9 Michigan Flint 150 $42,430 2.7Michigan Grand Rapids 210 $42,810 1.3 Michigan Holland 40 $36,240 1 Michigan Kalamazoo 50 $45,910 0.9 Michigan Lansing 60 $41,730 0.8 Michigan Muskegon 40 $39,970 1.8 Michigan Niles 40 $42,850 1.7 Michigan Saginaw 70 $40,440 2.4Michigan Warren 980 $38,680 2 Minnesota Duluth 90 $41,610 1.8 Minnesota Minneapolis 470 $43,910 0.6 Minnesota Rochester 50 $42,890 1.4 Minnesota St Cloud 50 $41,990 1.2 Mississippi Gulfport 60 $32,220 1.4 Mississippi Hattiesburg 40 $39,360 1.9 Mississippi Jackson 150 $38,980 1.4 Mississippi Pascagoula 40 $48,920 2.3Missouri Joplin 40 $34,100 1.3 Missouri Kansas City 460 $45,900 1 Missouri Springfield 120 $37,860 1.5 Missouri St Louis 860 $43,060 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 30 $43,680 0.5 Nebraska Omaha 150 $39,700 0.8 Nevada Las Vegas 330 $55,650 0.8 Nevada Reno 40 $47,890 0.5 New Hampshire Manchester 50 $45,420 1.2 New Hampshire Rochester 50 $43,830 2.3New Jersey Atlantic City 50 $48,480 0.8 New Jersey Camden 160 $50,330 0.7 New Jersey Edison 330 $50,760 0.8 New Jersey Newark 310 $37,900 0.7 New Jersey Trenton 40 $49,230 0.5 New Mexico Albuquerque 120 $48,480 0.7 New Mexico Farmington 40 $45,150 2.1New Mexico Las Cruces 30 $40,770 1.3 New York Albany 170 $38,340 0.9 New York Binghamton 70 $37,250 1.7 New York Buffalo 250 $37,830 1.1 New York Glens Falls 40 $36,210 2New York Kingston 40 $46,470 1.8 New York Nassau 810 $48,000 1.5 New York New York 1,560 $46,230 0.7 New York Poughkeepsie 160 $46,590 1.6 New York Rochester 210 $33,960 1 New York Syracuse 160 $38,260 1.2 New York Utica 70 $35,510 1.4 North Carolina Asheville 120 $45,100 1.6 North Carolina Charlotte 330 $51,270 0.9 North Carolina Durham 100 $53,500 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 160 $50,220 3.3North Carolina Greensboro 200 $50,160 1.3 North Carolina Greenville 60 $48,680 2.2North Carolina Hickory 70 $46,640 1.1 North Carolina Raleigh 230 $45,210 1.1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 110 $51,290 5North Carolina Wilmington 100 $51,860 1.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 70 $52,370 0.8 Ohio Akron 220 $52,250 1.6 Ohio Canton 380 $47,780 5.4Ohio Cincinnati 770 $52,540 1.7 Ohio Cleveland 880 $51,220 1.9 Ohio Columbus 450 $47,880 1.1 Ohio Dayton 230 $49,140 1.4 Ohio Lima 40 $45,720 2.1Ohio Mansfield 50 $40,950 2.6Ohio Springfield 40 $46,360 2.3Ohio Toledo 370 $51,700 2.8Ohio Youngstown 470 $47,740 4.9Oklahoma Lawton 40 $45,710 3Oklahoma Oklahoma City 420 $42,370 1.8 Oklahoma Tulsa 420 $32,850 2.3Oregon Bend 40 $47,480 1.5 Oregon Portland 360 $47,700 0.8 Oregon Salem 40 $43,750 0.7 Pennsylvania Altoona 40 $40,760 1.8 Pennsylvania Erie 160 $31,370 3.2Pennsylvania Harrisburg 140 $40,020 1.1 Pennsylvania Lancaster 90 $40,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,120 $44,540 1.4 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 800 $39,280 1.6 Pennsylvania Reading 210 $46,000 3.1Pennsylvania Scranton 130 $37,870 1.2 Pennsylvania York 150 $39,390 2Rhode Island Providence 450 $49,310 1.9 South Carolina Anderson 50 $47,340 2.2South Carolina Charleston 90 $46,740 0.7 South Carolina Columbia 150 $51,010 1 South Carolina Florence 90 $56,010 2.8South Carolina Greenville 70 $47,200 0.6 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 30 $47,380 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 40 $47,510 0.8 South Dakota Sioux Falls 110 $30,290 2 Tennessee Chattanooga 190 $45,600 2 Tennessee Kingsport 130 $47,410 2.9Tennessee Knoxville 240 $45,430 1.7 Tennessee Memphis 210 $45,090 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 320 $56,910 1 Texas Amarillo 70 $45,200 1.8 Texas Austin 160 $42,040 0.5 Texas Corpus Christi 100 $64,240 1.4 Texas Dallas 560 $52,340 0.6 Texas El Paso 170 $46,880 1.6 Texas Fort Worth 320 $50,590 0.9 Texas Houston 790 $51,000 0.7 Texas Laredo 120 $58,600 3.8Texas Longview 30 $48,640 0.8 Texas Lubbock 60 $45,070 1.2 Texas Mcallen 190 $64,740 2.1Texas San Antonio 350 $59,720 1 Texas Sherman 30 $62,420 2.1Texas Texarkana 40 $63,550 2 Texas Tyler 110 $55,750 3.1Texas Victoria 60 $57,120 3.5Texas Waco 40 $48,600 1.1 Utah Provo 50 $34,450 0.7 Utah Salt Lake City 210 $35,170 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 40 $38,800 1.7 Virginia Charlottesville 40 $41,370 1.1 Virginia Danville 60 $55,470 4.9Virginia Lynchburg 140 $60,290 3.6Virginia Richmond 310 $40,410 1.2 Virginia Roanoke 140 $48,340 2.2Virginia Virginia Beach 310 $56,740 1 Virginia Winchester 40 $48,780 2.1Washington Bellingham 40 $40,960 1.3 Washington Bremerton 50 $47,960 1.6 Washington Mount Vernon 40 $43,600 2.5Washington Seattle 390 $49,130 0.6 Washington Spokane 100 $44,290 1.2 Washington Tacoma 150 $45,390 1.3 Washington Yakima 40 $42,430 1.3 West Virginia Charleston 110 $33,130 1.9 West Virginia Huntington 110 $44,110 2.4West Virginia Morgantown 50 $38,200 3West Virginia Parkersburg 40 $38,220 1.5 West Virginia Weirton 40 $43,990 2.6West Virginia Wheeling 30 $42,850 1.3 Wisconsin Appleton 40 $45,090 0.9 Wisconsin Green Bay 90 $44,520 1.3 Wisconsin Janesville 30 $45,120 1.2 Wisconsin La Crosse 40 $41,710 1.5 Wisconsin Madison 110 $43,090 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 430 $41,940 1.2 Wisconsin Oshkosh 50 $45,150 1.5 Wisconsin Racine 60 $41,330 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