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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston30$36,7701.7
AlabamaBirmingham350$48,0101.6
AlabamaDecatur50$41,620 2.5
AlabamaDothan50$48,450 2.2
AlabamaGadsden80$52,530 6.6
AlabamaHuntsville80$33,7900.9
AlabamaMobile90$42,4501.2
AlabamaMontgomery110$44,7301.6
AlabamaTuscaloosa90$38,670 2.6
ArizonaPhoenix600$39,3900.8
ArizonaTucson160$39,5601
ArkansasFayetteville50$41,3700.6
ArkansasFort Smith100$50,440 2.1
ArkansasLittle Rock140$42,5801
CaliforniaBakersfield60$53,3900.5
CaliforniaChico40 1.5
CaliforniaFresno80$52,1600.6
CaliforniaModesto60$53,0400.9
CaliforniaOakland250$54,7100.6
CaliforniaOxnard140$67,7001.1
CaliforniaRiverside420$55,9400.8
CaliforniaSacramento280$56,6800.7
CaliforniaSan Diego390$58,1200.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco160$60,9600.4
CaliforniaSan Jose170$50,5500.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana420$55,0500.6
CaliforniaSanta Rosa40$47,7700.5
CaliforniaStockton30$49,5500.3
CaliforniaVisalia40$38,7400.7
ColoradoBoulder40$39,4400.6
ColoradoColorado Springs60$39,7500.6
ColoradoDenver270$39,0000.5
ColoradoFort Collins40$35,8800.8
ColoradoPueblo60$37,770 3
ConnecticutBridgeport100$48,3100.5
ConnecticutHartford150 0.6
ConnecticutNew Haven90$45,5200.8
ConnecticutWaterbury80$44,540 3.1
DelawareWilmington160$47,4901.2
District of ColumbiaWashington450$45,0300.5
FloridaCape Coral90$48,6801
FloridaDeltona70$47,5601.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale450$52,8201.4
FloridaGainesville60$43,5901.3
FloridaJacksonville220$51,4000.9
FloridaLakeland40$48,3900.5
FloridaMiami530$46,3301.3
FloridaNaples50$56,0401
FloridaOcala110$45,180 3
FloridaOrlando230$51,9900.5
FloridaPalm Bay90$46,6301.1
FloridaPanama City60$43,930 2.3
FloridaPensacola60$39,3001
FloridaPort St Lucie60$57,2601.2
FloridaPunta Gorda30$42,410 2.1
FloridaSarasota80$49,6000.7
FloridaSebastian50$51,300 2.8
FloridaTallahassee30$56,6500.5
FloridaTampa670$55,7101.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach240$45,7501.1
GeorgiaAlbany40$45,9101.7
GeorgiaAthens50$28,6601.7
GeorgiaAtlanta440$48,3100.4
GeorgiaAugusta80$50,1700.9
GeorgiaBrunswick80$55,230 5.2
GeorgiaColumbus30$43,2700.7
GeorgiaGainesville30$43,0901.1
GeorgiaMacon40$50,2801
HawaiiHonolulu220$35,6501.2
IllinoisBloomington80$43,850 3
IllinoisChampaign60$57,1501.6
IllinoisChicago1,470$52,0900.9
IllinoisPeoria50$47,0100.7
IllinoisRockford130$45,450 2.1
IndianaAnderson30$56,330 2.1
IndianaEvansville160$44,150 2.3
IndianaFort Wayne150$45,8601.7
IndianaGary180$46,5401.6
IndianaIndianapolis350$52,8600.9
IndianaSouth Bend60$40,4001.1
IndianaTerre Haute40$51,9201.5
IowaDavenport50$44,3000.7
IowaDes Moines100$43,7100.7
IowaIowa City50$44,6801.8
IowaSioux City30$35,5401.1
IowaWaterloo60$33,8801.8
KansasTopeka130$42,370 3
KansasWichita110$42,8700.9
KentuckyLexington240$35,780 2.4
KentuckyLouisville280$50,1901.1
KentuckyOwensboro50$44,020 2.8
LouisianaBaton Rouge100$41,7800.6
LouisianaLafayette60$30,9301
LouisianaLake Charles40$32,7001.2
LouisianaNew Orleans260$46,5301.2
LouisianaShreveport90$46,2501.3
MainePortland40$43,6100.5
MarylandBaltimore680$46,1001.2
MarylandBethesda360$36,3001.5
MarylandCumberland30$38,510 2.4
MarylandHagerstown40$44,3501
MarylandSalisbury40$37,330 2.1
MassachusettsBarnstable Town80$52,920 2
MassachusettsBoston1,160$45,5301.6
MassachusettsBrockton90$49,770 2.6
MassachusettsFramingham50$51,6800.8
MassachusettsHaverhill90$45,870 3
MassachusettsLeominster60$46,150 3.2
MassachusettsLowell40$44,1400.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford90$50,150 3.7
MassachusettsSpringfield220$47,3101.8
MassachusettsWorcester110$50,4901.1
MichiganAnn Arbor60$33,1400.9
MichiganBattle Creek60$49,950 3.3
MichiganBay City70$43,660 5.7
MichiganDetroit260$47,3700.9
MichiganFlint150$42,430 2.7
MichiganGrand Rapids210$42,8101.3
MichiganHolland40$36,2401
MichiganKalamazoo50$45,9100.9
MichiganLansing60$41,7300.8
MichiganMuskegon40$39,9701.8
MichiganNiles40$42,8501.7
MichiganSaginaw70$40,440 2.4
MichiganWarren980$38,6802
MinnesotaDuluth90$41,6101.8
MinnesotaMinneapolis470$43,9100.6
MinnesotaRochester50$42,8901.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud50$41,9901.2
MississippiGulfport60$32,2201.4
MississippiHattiesburg40$39,3601.9
MississippiJackson150$38,9801.4
MississippiPascagoula40$48,920 2.3
MissouriJoplin40$34,1001.3
MissouriKansas City460$45,9001
MissouriSpringfield120$37,8601.5
MissouriSt Louis860$43,0601.5
NebraskaLincoln30$43,6800.5
NebraskaOmaha150$39,7000.8
NevadaLas Vegas330$55,6500.8
NevadaReno40$47,8900.5
New HampshireManchester50$45,4201.2
New HampshireRochester50$43,830 2.3
New JerseyAtlantic City50$48,4800.8
New JerseyCamden160$50,3300.7
New JerseyEdison330$50,7600.8
New JerseyNewark310$37,9000.7
New JerseyTrenton40$49,2300.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque120$48,4800.7
New MexicoFarmington40$45,150 2.1
New MexicoLas Cruces30$40,7701.3
New YorkAlbany170$38,3400.9
New YorkBinghamton70$37,2501.7
New YorkBuffalo250$37,8301.1
New YorkGlens Falls40$36,210 2
New YorkKingston40$46,4701.8
New YorkNassau810$48,0001.5
New YorkNew York1,560$46,2300.7
New YorkPoughkeepsie160$46,5901.6
New YorkRochester210$33,9601
New YorkSyracuse160$38,2601.2
New YorkUtica70$35,5101.4
North CarolinaAsheville120$45,1001.6
North CarolinaCharlotte330$51,2700.9
North CarolinaDurham100$53,5000.9
North CarolinaFayetteville160$50,220 3.3
North CarolinaGreensboro200$50,1601.3
North CarolinaGreenville60$48,680 2.2
North CarolinaHickory70$46,6401.1
North CarolinaRaleigh230$45,2101.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount110$51,290 5
North CarolinaWilmington100$51,8601.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem70$52,3700.8
OhioAkron220$52,2501.6
OhioCanton380$47,780 5.4
OhioCincinnati770$52,5401.7
OhioCleveland880$51,2201.9
OhioColumbus450$47,8801.1
OhioDayton230$49,1401.4
OhioLima40$45,720 2.1
OhioMansfield50$40,950 2.6
OhioSpringfield40$46,360 2.3
OhioToledo370$51,700 2.8
OhioYoungstown470$47,740 4.9
OklahomaLawton40$45,710 3
OklahomaOklahoma City420$42,3701.8
OklahomaTulsa420$32,850 2.3
OregonBend40$47,4801.5
OregonPortland360$47,7000.8
OregonSalem40$43,7500.7
PennsylvaniaAltoona40$40,7601.8
PennsylvaniaErie160$31,370 3.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg140$40,0201.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster90$40,6600.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,120$44,5401.4
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh800$39,2801.6
PennsylvaniaReading210$46,000 3.1
PennsylvaniaScranton130$37,8701.2
PennsylvaniaYork150$39,390 2
Rhode IslandProvidence450$49,3101.9
South CarolinaAnderson50$47,340 2.2
South CarolinaCharleston90$46,7400.7
South CarolinaColumbia150$51,0101
South CarolinaFlorence90$56,010 2.8
South CarolinaGreenville70$47,2000.6
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach30$47,3800.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg40$47,5100.8
South DakotaSioux Falls110$30,2902
TennesseeChattanooga190$45,6002
TennesseeKingsport130$47,410 2.9
TennesseeKnoxville240$45,4301.7
TennesseeMemphis210$45,0900.8
TennesseeNashville320$56,9101
TexasAmarillo70$45,2001.8
TexasAustin160$42,0400.5
TexasCorpus Christi100$64,2401.4
TexasDallas560$52,3400.6
TexasEl Paso170$46,8801.6
TexasFort Worth320$50,5900.9
TexasHouston790$51,0000.7
TexasLaredo120$58,600 3.8
TexasLongview30$48,6400.8
TexasLubbock60$45,0701.2
TexasMcallen190$64,740 2.1
TexasSan Antonio350$59,7201
TexasSherman30$62,420 2.1
TexasTexarkana40$63,5502
TexasTyler110$55,750 3.1
TexasVictoria60$57,120 3.5
TexasWaco40$48,6001.1
UtahProvo50$34,4500.7
UtahSalt Lake City210$35,1700.8
VirginiaBlacksburg40$38,8001.7
VirginiaCharlottesville40$41,3701.1
VirginiaDanville60$55,470 4.9
VirginiaLynchburg140$60,290 3.6
VirginiaRichmond310$40,4101.2
VirginiaRoanoke140$48,340 2.2
VirginiaVirginia Beach310$56,7401
VirginiaWinchester40$48,780 2.1
WashingtonBellingham40$40,9601.3
WashingtonBremerton50$47,9601.6
WashingtonMount Vernon40$43,600 2.5
WashingtonSeattle390$49,1300.6
WashingtonSpokane100$44,2901.2
WashingtonTacoma150$45,3901.3
WashingtonYakima40$42,4301.3
West VirginiaCharleston110$33,1301.9
West VirginiaHuntington110$44,110 2.4
West VirginiaMorgantown50$38,200 3
West VirginiaParkersburg40$38,2201.5
West VirginiaWeirton40$43,990 2.6
West VirginiaWheeling30$42,8501.3
WisconsinAppleton40$45,0900.9
WisconsinGreen Bay90$44,5201.3
WisconsinJanesville30$45,1201.2
WisconsinLa Crosse40$41,7101.5
WisconsinMadison110$43,0900.8
WisconsinMilwaukee430$41,9401.2
WisconsinOshkosh50$45,1501.5
WisconsinRacine60$41,330 2
 

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