Physical Therapy Assistant Salary
In looking at a new career of course one of the first things you’re going to ask is “how much am I going to make”? So if you are looking to become a physical therapy assistant you are obviously going to ask what is the physical therapy assistant salary.
The short answer is you can probably make between $40,000 to $80,000 per year. As you can see this is probably the best return on investment for a two-year degree!
The demand for the physical therapy assistant is high and will continue to be high. There are several reasons for this.
An aging population will require the services of a physical therapy assistant more than ever.
The explosion of exercising as a way of maintaining health and positive attitude and mental balance means that there will be more exercise related injuries most of which are dealt with by the physical therapy assistant.
Unfortunately the continuation of war and especially the current wars mean a dire need for physical therapy assistants in the area of bionics and amputees. The fact is in the current wars many soldiers who would have died once are now surviving with grievous injuries and amputation! As new technologies evolve the physical therapy assistant will be key to enabling our veterans to return to a somewhat normal life.
So as you can see there will be no shortage of demand for the physical therapy assistant and the physical therapy assistant salary will continue to climb.
I have attached a video below that gives a brief outline of the physical therapy assistant salary. Please note that this video was created in May of 2009.