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Physical Therapy Provider Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Physical Therapy Providers Job Overview

Physical therapy providers help patients suffering from injury or ailment by offering services which re-establish functions, reduce pain, increase mobility and the effect of physical disabilities. They help in the upkeep of general health and fitness. Usually their patients include those with lower back pain, bone fractures, heart ailments, arthritis, head injuries and those suffering from cerebral palsy.

Physical Therapy Providers Schools and Degrees

To become a physical therapy provider a master’s degree from an accredited physical therapy program is required. Doctoral degrees are also issued and take about three years to complete. Both master’s and doctoral degrees need to be in accordance with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education. There are about 43 accredited master’s courses and 166 doctoral courses in physical therapy.

Job Requirements

Most states require physical therapy providers to pass a national and state level licensure exam before receiving permission to practice.

After clearing exams and obtaining licensure to practice, a physical therapy provider is expected to keep up is or her professional development. A physical therapy provider can do so by taking part in ongoing education programs and workshops. In fact, many states require physical therapy providers to participate in continuing education in order to keep their license.

Nature of Work

Physical therapy providers study the medical history of patients and test and gauge the physical strength, range of motion, muscle performance and motor abilities of the patients. They then begin treatment, which often includes exercise, providing cold or hot compresses / packs, electrical stimulation, ultrasound and infrared treatment. They document the patient’s progress and work in consultation with physicians, occupational therapists, dentists and nurses.

Physical therapy providers generally work in hospitals, clinics and private offices with the necessary equipment that is needed o provide physical therapy to patients. They also sometimes attend to patients at their homes or at schools. They work for about forty hours a week and may work during the evenings and weekends as well if they are needed. Their job is physically demanding as they have to stand and assist patients for long periods at a long time depending upon the kind of treatment they are applying. Many physical therapy providers work part time.

Physical Therapy Providers Jobs and Outlook

According to research in 2006, physical therapy providers held about 173,000 jobs in the U.S. Employment is highest in the following industries:< /p>

  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
  • Home Health Care Services
  • Nursing Care Facilities
  • Offices of Other Health Practitioners

The mean hourly wage for physical therapy providers in the US is about $33.54, while the mean annual salary is around $69,760.

Job Numbers and Growth

Physical therapy providers nationally number 173,000. The unemployment level for workers is very low, compared to other occupations. About 1% of employees were unemployed recently.

Area Job Conditions

Physical therapy providers are relatively common in Sherman (Texas), Missoula (Montana), and Waterbury (Connecticut). They are rarer in Beaumont (Texas), Visalia (California), and Clarksville (Tennessee).

Workers are paid highest in Laredo (Texas), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Alexandria (Louisiana), and lowest in Las Cruces (New Mexico), Albany (Georgia), and Honolulu (Hawaii).

Training and Education

Employees are generally expected to have a master's degree. About 89% of physical therapy providers hold a bachelor's degree or better. Currently 9% of workers have some college education, though not a degree. About 2% of employees were able to get their jobs with a high-school diploma. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 23% of physical therapy providers work less than full-time. In 8% of the cases, workers work for themselves.


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Physical Therapy Providers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anniston$71,00030-43%
Birmingham$75,000490-26%
Decatur$77,00050-18%
Dothan$79,00050-26%
Florence$59,00050-12%
Gadsden$84,00060+66%
Huntsville$82,000230-10%
Mobile$72,000140-38%
Montgomery$82,000140-33%
Tuscaloosa$76,000100-5%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$82,000230+17%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Flagstaff$68,000110+78%
Kingman$78,00050-13%
Phoenix$69,0001,690-29%
Prescott$74,00090+27%
Tucson$81,000500+7%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$69,000230-6%
Fort Smith$78,000100-29%
Hot Springs$65,00070+75%
Jonesboro$66,00080+46%
Little Rock$68,000550+29%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$82,000150-55%
Chico$84,000120+51%
Fresno$82,000400-4%
Merced$90,00040-38%
Modesto$80,000160-20%
Napa$62,000120+64%
Oakland$86,000860-35%
Oxnard$87,000350-6%
Redding$85,00050-34%
Riverside$87,000980-40%
Sacramento$83,000830-27%
Salinas$81,000170-10%
San Diego$78,0001,170-32%
San Francisco$92,000790-38%
San Jose$81,000650-45%
San Luis Obispo$66,000130+11%
Santa Ana$93,0001,350-31%
Santa Barbara$83,000120-42%
Santa Cruz$77,00080-22%
Santa Rosa$83,000180-20%
Stockton$86,000200-24%
Vallejo$80,000150+2%
Visalia$77,00060-63%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boulder$59,000390+99%
Colorado Springs$68,000390+25%
Denver$70,0001,570-2%
Fort Collins$64,000210+45%
Grand Junction$69,00090+41%
Greeley$64,000100+16%
Pueblo$72,000600%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport660+19%
Danbury$73,000190+132%
Hartford$80,0001,140+54%
New Haven$72,000640+83%
Norwich$74,000190+27%
Waterbury$73,000210+168%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Dover$78,00050-19%
Wilmington$75,000480+16%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$76,0001,480-50%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$80,000300+16%
Deltona$73,000250+32%
Fort Lauderdale$81,000910-3%
Gainesville$70,000230+68%
Jacksonville$77,000670-13%
Lakeland$64,000310+30%
Miami$75,0001,930+52%
Naples$96,000240+66%
Ocala$64,000150+35%
Orlando$75,0001,120-17%
Palm Bay$75,000230-5%
Panama City$73,000150+90%
Pensacola$63,000180-1%
Port St Lucie$74,000260+71%
Punta Gorda$81,00090+110%
Sarasota$75,000360+10%
Sebastian$83,00090+69%
Tallahassee$72,000110-45%
Tampa$77,0001,560+0%
West Palm Beach$77,000790+16%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$56,000160+132%
Athens$62,000150+73%
Atlanta$76,0001,790-41%
Augusta$77,000270+6%
Columbus$73,00090-31%
Gainesville$69,00060-26%
Macon$83,000150+27%
Rome$69,00050+28%
Savannah$64,000130-29%
Warner Robins$91,00050-10%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$53,000850+54%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$67,000390+16%
Coeur Dalene$73,00090+46%
Idaho Falls$73,00070+33%
Pocatello$61,00040+26%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$73,000100+24%
Champaign$82,000170+54%
Chicago$83,0004,540-8%
Kankakee$72,00050+23%
Rockford$79,000170-8%
Springfield$82,00090-26%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$76,00050+16%
Bloomington$72,000100+27%
Columbus$78,00040-14%
Elkhart$82,00070-55%
Evansville$62,000280+31%
Fort Wayne$65,000270+3%
Gary$81,000470+35%
Indianapolis$68,0001,540+34%
Kokomo$67,00060+58%
Lafayette$61,000110+26%
Michigan City$73,00030-36%
South Bend$77,000170+3%
Terre Haute$79,000130+63%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cedar Rapids$65,000140-14%
Davenport$82,000160-29%
Des Moines$66,000380-8%
Dubuque$69,00060+5%
Iowa City$66,000140+69%
Sioux City$73,00060-27%
Waterloo$63,000110+10%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawrence$59,00090+81%
Topeka$56,000200+52%
Wichita$72,000380-1%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bowling Green$80,000150+132%
Elizabethtown$74,00030-37%
Lexington$69,000270-10%
Louisville$71,000610-22%
Owensboro$73,00050-6%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$90,00080+18%
Baton Rouge$79,000430-8%
Houma$80,00060-46%
Lafayette$76,000130-26%
Lake Charles$72,000100-1%
Monroe$82,00070-23%
New Orleans$73,000610-6%
Shreveport$81,000280+30%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bangor$75,00080+10%
Lewiston$53,00070+28%
Portland$65,000290+16%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$80,0002,300+37%
Bethesda$81,000990+36%
Cumberland$73,000100+162%
Hagerstown$79,00070-40%
Salisbury$68,000120+105%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$73,000230+94%
Boston$70,0003,310+50%
Brockton$72,000190+82%
Framingham$73,000300+51%
Haverhill$71,000200+124%
Lawrence$66,000110+71%
Leominster$66,00090+62%
Lowell$70,000180+24%
New Bedford$76,000120+63%
Springfield$73,000560+49%
Worcester$74,000390+26%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$65,000400+97%
Battle Creek$87,000100+85%
Bay City$73,00060+61%
Detroit$76,0001,180+30%
Flint$71,000340+105%
Grand Rapids$71,000460-4%
Holland$71,000150+25%
Jackson40-31%
Kalamazoo$74,000150-9%
Lansing$72,000230-3%
Muskegon$70,00070+3%
Niles$71,000100+42%
Saginaw$77,000160+82%
Warren$78,0002,010+36%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$67,000230+50%
Minneapolis$68,0001,830-20%
Rochester$72,000210+93%
St Cloud$66,000150+24%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$64,000120-7%
Hattiesburg$70,00080+25%
Jackson$76,000370+17%
Pascagoula$73,000100+93%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$58,000110+15%
Joplin$62,000170+82%
Kansas City$66,0001,250-5%
Springfield$70,000250+4%
St Joseph$56,00040-28%
St Louis$62,0002,320+34%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Missoula$52,000180+211%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$66,000240+20%
Omaha$65,000580-1%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Carson City$72,00040+42%
Las Vegas$90,000740-37%
Reno$78,000150-42%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$68,000140+13%
Nashua$65,000240+43%
Portsmouth$65,000110+73%
Rochester$73,000100+56%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$81,000220+22%
Camden$81,000730+8%
Edison$82,0001,880+42%
Newark$86,0001,120-13%
Ocean City$78,00040-11%
Trenton$80,000270+2%
Vineland$80,00060-7%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$64,000390-21%
Farmington$65,00060+3%
Las Cruces$52,000140+101%
Santa Fe$67,00070-3%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$64,000520-6%
Binghamton$67,000130+3%
Buffalo$62,0001,000+46%
Glens Falls$58,00090+53%
Ithaca$53,00070+51%
Kingston$85,000100+49%
Nassau$75,0002,640+64%
New York$79,0007,130+8%
Poughkeepsie$78,000290-2%
Rochester$66,000550-14%
Syracuse$62,000530+36%
Utica$69,000210+37%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$68,000260+19%
Burlington$74,00040-40%
Charlotte$72,000680-40%
Durham$73,000400+17%
Fayetteville$74,000180+23%
Greensboro$79,000310-34%
Greenville$61,000140+71%
Hickory$74,000100-50%
Jacksonville$78,00040-9%
Raleigh$75,000610-6%
Rocky Mount$83,00080+21%
Wilmington$80,000210+20%
Winston Salem$74,000310+16%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$57,00080+26%
Fargo$68,000150+8%
Grand Forks$64,00070+31%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$80,000380-11%
Canton$82,000300+41%
Cincinnati$71,0001,560+17%
Cleveland$75,0001,470+8%
Columbus$73,0001,010-16%
Dayton$74,000480-3%
Lima$79,00060+3%
Mansfield$65,00040-31%
Springfield$74,00080+54%
Toledo$82,000470+20%
Youngstown$74,000480+65%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawton$71,00040+1%
Oklahoma City$73,000740+3%
Tulsa$61,000560+1%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$66,000160+104%
Corvallis$70,00050+53%
Eugene$74,000240+32%
Medford$70,000120+22%
Portland$68,0001,400+5%
Salem$72,000130-29%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Allentown$74,000550+29%
Altoona$71,00060-11%
Erie$74,000310+106%
Harrisburg$81,000470+18%
Lancaster$80,000290-1%
Lebanon$70,00040-21%
Philadelphia$74,0003,020+25%
Pittsburgh$69,0001,780+22%
Reading$75,000310+54%
Scranton$68,000370+15%
State College$69,00050-21%
Williamsport$79,000100+77%
York$73,000270+22%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$80,000950+32%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$74,00050-27%
Charleston$70,000480+31%
Columbia$75,000330-25%
Florence$87,000150+54%
Greenville$69,000320-16%
Myrtle Beach$68,000110-23%
Spartanburg$68,000180+22%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$62,00090+27%
Sioux Falls$62,000230+38%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$71,000260-10%
Clarksville$84,00030-65%
Jackson$62,000170+163%
Johnson City$81,000110+28%
Kingsport$78,000140+3%
Knoxville$70,000480+14%
Memphis$79,000720-9%
Nashville$74,000720-26%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene$77,00060-15%
Amarillo$65,000170+44%
Austin$66,000840-14%
Beaumont$81,00080-58%
Brownsville$76,000120-19%
College Station$75,00050-44%
Corpus Christi$85,000230+7%
Dallas$77,0001,640-39%
El Paso$86,000250-24%
Fort Worth$80,0001,060-4%
Houston$77,0002,010-39%
Killeen$79,00080-44%
Laredo$107,00070-27%
Longview$91,00060-45%
Mcallen$92,000390+44%
Midland$58,000100+33%
Odessa$73,00050-21%
San Angelo$81,00050+14%
San Antonio$81,000900-16%
Sherman$89,000140+229%
Texarkana$74,000100+65%
Tyler$76,000180+70%
Victoria$88,00050-2%
Waco$75,000110-3%
Wichita Falls$89,000100+54%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Logan$76,00060+19%
Ogden$69,000220-11%
Provo$66,000220+9%
Salt Lake City$65,000510-36%
St George$68,00050-7%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$64,000220+68%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Blacksburg$72,00080+16%
Charlottesville$75,000210+92%
Danville$86,00070+89%
Lynchburg$75,000150+27%
Richmond$67,000680-11%
Roanoke$70,000200+4%
Virginia Beach$75,000770-20%
Winchester$71,000100+71%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bellingham$71,00050-46%
Bremerton$73,000140+45%
Kennewick$67,000100-4%
Mount Vernon$68,00080+64%
Olympia$63,000120+9%
Seattle$77,0001,910+4%
Spokane$65,000460+78%
Tacoma$67,000380+13%
Wenatchee$77,00050+16%
Yakima$74,00090-3%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$74,000160-9%
Huntington$80,000140+4%
Morgantown$80,00090+77%
Parkersburg$88,00070-12%
Wheeling$70,00070-3%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$74,000130-5%
Eau Claire$74,000130+47%
Fond$72,00050+4%
Green Bay$75,000200-2%
Janesville$70,00080+8%
La Crosse$71,000130+66%
Madison$72,000390-7%
Milwaukee$69,0001,560+44%
Oshkosh$79,000110+12%
Racine$66,00090+1%
Sheboygan$68,00080+25%
Wausau$62,00070-9%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cheyenne$65,00060+27%

Salary and employment data obtained from the United States Department of Labor. Individual salaries depend on location, education and career background. Thanks to CityTownInfo.com for this physical therapy provider schools and jobs info.

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