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Physical therapist assistant salary

Open physical therapist assistant jobs post a median of $35 an hour, with the middle half paying $31.50–$40: about $72,800 a year full time. Measured from 556 jobs at 186 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$35
Median posted /hr
$32–$40
Middle half /hr
$72,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$32.88
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Physical therapist assistant jobs

What physical therapist assistants are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 556 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $18.11, the highest $85.

Posted on open jobs

$31.50–$40/hr

Middle half of 393 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $35. 26% of the 2,135 open physical therapist assistant jobs state an hourly rate. 415 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Physical therapist assistant pay by employer

What each employer posts for physical therapist assistants, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UnitedHealth Group$35.75$23.41–$59.1761
Select Medical$28$20–$50.1549
PACS Group$42.50$25–$6118
ATI Physical Therapy$32$26–$4015
U.S. Physical Therapy$35.50$25–$6013
UPMC$29.75$22.56–$52.1812
Riverside Health$40$28.90–$8511
PAM Health$38$29–$5010
Ivy Rehab$34.50$25.93–$51.639
Adventist HealthCare$33$24.41–$609
Kaiser Permanente$46.75$35.23–$56.708
Amedisys$44.25$37.36–$55.068
Link Rehab and Wellness$39.50$35–$458
Sanford Health$31.25$24–$38.508
Genesis HealthCare$47$30–$527
Providence$39.75$24.18–$56.177
Ignite Medical Resorts$32.50$25–$407
Rochester Regional Health$27.50$22–$39.827
Alumus$43$35–$456
BrightSpring Health Services$37.75$30–$476
OSF HealthCare$30.75$27.26–$34.476
Ascension$28.50$23.84–$36.936
Erickson Senior Living$39.50$35–$455
Compassus$37.75$29.60–$53.945
Carle Health$37.50$28.18–$47.495
Aegis Therapies$30$24–$395
Big Stone Therapies$25.25$19.90–$30.505
Sutter Health$49.25$37.58–$60.774
AdventHealth$32.50$20.80–$44.534
Hospital Sisters Health System$31.50$24.31–$38.294
Therapy Partner Solutions Holdings$30.25$28–$364
BenchMark Physical Therapy$29.75$25–$384
Monument Health$29.50$26.14–$51.734
Halcyon Home$52.50$30–$553
Northwestern Medicine$42$39–$453
Southcoast Health System$40.75$35–$473
Sentara Health$39.75$32.18–$47.433
PT Solutions$37$27–$503
Baptist Health South Florida$36$28.55–$37.123
CommonSpirit Health$35.75$20.65–$50.673

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Physical therapist assistant pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$43$40.25–$47.50$39.96 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)59
Washington$39.75$37.50–$41.25$31.95 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)29
Oregon$39.75$38–$41$35.19 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
New Jersey$39$35.50–$42$37.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)29
Maryland$36$33–$40.75$37.34 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)33
Colorado$35.75$33.50–$38.25$31.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)26
Oklahoma$35.75$32–$38.50$28.60 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Ohio$35.75$34.25–$37$30.68 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Virginia$35.25$32.75–$39.50$35.46 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)40
Texas$35$32–$40.25$37.50 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)36
Massachusetts$35$32.25–$40$38.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)34
North Carolina$34.50$32–$38.25$32.47 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)17
New York$34$31.50–$39$30.82 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)34
Georgia$34$33.25–$39.50$35 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Illinois$33.50$31.50–$35.50$31.37 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)41
Florida$33.50$31.50–$37$34.87 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)38
Missouri$32.75$30.75–$37.50$30.66 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Tennessee$32$30–$35.25$30.05 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Pennsylvania$31.50$28.50–$37$30.09 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)22
South Dakota$31.25$30–$31.75$23.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Minnesota$31$29.75–$32.75$32.10 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
South Carolina$31$30–$38$33.90 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Indiana$30$27.50–$32$31.39 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Kentucky$27.50$25–$31.75$29.56 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)17

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Physical therapist assistant jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

50 open jobs from 17 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $72,700, the middle half $65,500 to $80,800, from $35,000 to $160,000 posted.

Best-paid open physical therapist assistant jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Physical therapist assistant jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Physical Therapist Assistants (31-2021)$22.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$28.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$32.88 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$37.83 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)$43.04 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)112,430 (source: BLS OEWS, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($35) is $2.12 above the BLS median ($32.88 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physical Therapist Assistants, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Physical therapist assistant salary: common questions

How much does a physical therapist assistant make an hour?

Open physical therapist assistant jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $35, with the middle half between $31.50–$40 (556 jobs from 186 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $32.88/hr ($68,380 a year) for physical therapist assistants in May 2025.

How much does a physical therapist assistant make a year?

At the posted median of $35 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $72,800, and the middle half to $65,500 to $83,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 50 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $72,700.

Which states pay physical therapist assistants the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($43), Washington ($39.75) and Oregon ($39.75). The lowest: Kentucky ($27.50), Indiana ($30) and South Carolina ($31). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay physical therapist assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Genesis HealthCare ($47), Kaiser Permanente ($46.75) and Amedisys ($44.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 556 of 2,135 open physical therapist assistant jobs (26%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Physical Therapist Assistants (SOC 31-2021), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physical Therapist Assistants by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Physical Therapist Assistants (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Physical therapist assistant salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/physical-therapist-assistant

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