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Physical Therapy Assistant Outcomes & Career Options
The physical therapist assistant is a skilled technical health worker who, under supervision of a physical therapist, assists in the patients’ treatment program. The extent to which the physical therapist assistant is involved in treatment depends upon the policies of the health facility, the supervising therapist, and the patient.
Educational Qualifications
Job Outlook
19% Job Market Growth
$33,520 Median Salary
Entering Salary
The median annual wage for physical therapist aides was $33,520 in May 2023. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $23,070, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $43,980.
The median annual wage for physical therapist assistants was $64,080 in May 2023. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $42,110, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $88,830.
In May 2023, the median annual wages for physical therapist aides in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
- Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) $42,180
- Hospitals; state, local, and private $36,970
- Offices of physicians $36,210
- Government $31,700
- Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists $31,200
Partial information in this page was retrieved from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapist-assistants-and-aides.htm (visited April 17, 2024).
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