Physical Therapist Salary
$84,020
Job Growth
5/5
Competition
Challenging
Education
Masters
Overview: What does a Physical Therapist do?
Plan and administer medically prescribed physical therapy treatment for patients suffering from injuries and disabilities of muscle, nerve, joint, and bone to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability. Administer manual therapeutic exercises to improve muscle function, applying precise amounts of manual force and guiding patient's body parts through selective patterns and degrees of movement. Administer treatments involving application of physical agents, such as light, heat, water and electricity using equipment such as hydrotherapy tanks and whirlpool baths.
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Advancement Opportunities: 95% of Average This calculation shows your opportunity for increases in earnings over time. It shows the relative strength of different careers as compared to each other |
Average Starting Median income: $84,020 |
Return on Educational Investment: 145% of Average Shows the relative return on investment of an education beyond high school. The calculation uses potential earning levels over time adjusted for the cost and the time of additional education. |
Job Growth: 5/5 |
Benefits: Yes |
All scores range from 1-100. Higher scores are better with the exception of stress. |
Bragging rights: 75/100 Based on prestige and social approval, fame and public recognition, high income, highly educated, clean versus “dirty” industry, and level of people you deal with. |
Interesting Job: 80/100 Based on exciting subject or environment, variety of activities, fun interaction with people, creating versus completing, and learning interesting things. |
Personal Freedom: 75/100 Based on controlling your work, not closely managed, choosing your assignments, tolerable rules and regulations, creative freedom, and setting your own hours. |
Stress: 65/100 Based on Intense responsibility (life/death), continuous rejection, dealing with people’s problems, lack of control, quota or sales pressure, and work volume/time pressure. |
Years to make $1,000,000 - 15 Years |
Years to make $2,000,000 - 25 Years |
Years to make $3,000,000 - 35 Years |