Career Guide : Salary Range for Physical Therapy Assistants

Physical therapy assistants usually make anywhere from $21 to $30 an hour, and physical therapists can expect to make between $90,000 and $100,000 a year. Learn about the rewarding experiences of physical therapy assistants with help from a career counseling specialist in this free video on physical therapy assistants and salary expectations.

Expert: Robbie Hurtado
Bio: Robbie Hurtado is a career counseling specialist at the Richmond Works One-Stop Career Center.
Filmmaker: Sam Lee

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[MrBruce1337]

@MrNikooruchan PTA's need 2 years of education, a semester of that, typically your last semester is mostly working, anywhere from 300-450 hours, great experience, and you usually get hired right away with all the experience. Also you can be licensed and that helps with pay. 25-35 an hour is the usuall starting salary and thats with an AS degree. With 3-5 years exp you can expect 40-50 an hour, pay is amazing.

[cotaman7]

Physical Therapists must now have a PhD. I also don't know any RPT that makes 100K a year unless they have there own practice. Even at that, many private practice RPT's are having a difficult time making ends meet. In fact, I've read where more and more PT's feel they may be forced to close their practice with the new Medicare and HMO cuts coming up Oct. 2011.

[Squeezyness]

@MrNikooruchan PTA is an Associates degree. No you don't need 8 years.

[nzn666]

This is simply just false information..

[MrNikooruchan]

Wait..to be a PTA you have to go to school for 8 years?! I heard it was only 2.. Is she right? o___o Please answer.

[strwbrryangl3]

"A physical therapist provides physical therapy...." Really?! I didn't know that -___-

[generationkid]

@Lavenda44 Im doing observation hours at a PT facility, they have weekends off and work 8-5 monday thru friday.

[Lavenda44]

Is there anyone who can tell me how many hours a day PT's work?

And do they have weekends off? Vacation time?

[kingv911]

@rizwanaap He works a standard 40. Three days doing home care, the other two at a nursing home of the same company.

[rizwanaap]

@kingv911 : my friend! would you like to tell me that how many hours he can work in week ? please reply me if you can. thanks.