Physical Health Therapist Aides Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

Nationally, there are 46,000 physical health therapist aides. The occupation is characterized by a very low joblessness level. The unemployment rate for employees was 2% in 2006.

Flexibility

Physical health therapist aides working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 27% of the total.

Education

Successful workers find it useful to have short-term on-the-job training. According to recent surveys, 23% of employees had received a degree. Physical health therapist aides with some schooling beyond high school, but not a college degree, total about 65%. A high school degree was all that was needed for 12% of workers.

Local Outlook

Looking at employees per capita, Odessa (Texas), Dubuque (Iowa), and Danville (Virginia) rise to the top of the list. Charlotte (North Carolina), Rochester (New York), and Minneapolis (Minnesota) have the fewest per capita. The highest salaries for physical health therapist aides are in and around Salinas (California), Oakland (California), and Rochester (New Hampshire). The lowest-paying areas are Laredo (Texas), Provo (Utah), and Anderson (South Carolina).

Detailed local employment conditions for Physical Health Therapist Aides in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Physical Health Therapist Aides

Employment info for Physical Health Therapist Aides, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.06	150	$20,000
Alabama	Decatur	3.12	40	$21,000
Alabama	Mobile	1.5	70	$20,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.43	750	$24,000
Arizona	Tucson	1.87	190	$25,000
Arkansas	Fayetteville	0.77	40	$25,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	0.67	60	$22,000
California	Bakersfield	2.59	180	$24,000
California	Chico	3.91	70	$24,000
California	Fresno	1.69	150	$29,000
California	Los Angeles	1.02	1,180	$25,000
California	Merced	3.47	50	$22,000
California	Modesto	1.63	70	$29,000
California	Oakland	0.89	250	$33,000
California	Oxnard	2.56	210	$27,000
California	Redding	3.02	50	$26,000
California	Riverside	1.44	520	$26,000
California	Sacramento	0.85	210	$26,000
California	Salinas	1.51	60	$35,000
California	San Diego	1.07	390	$23,000
California	San Francisco	0.63	170	$29,000
California	San Jose	0.52	130	$30,000
California	San Luis Obispo	1.9	50	$25,000
California	Santa Ana	0.8	340	$27,000
California	Santa Barbara	1.6	70	$25,000
California	Santa Rosa	0.99	50	$29,000
California	Stockton	1.26	70	$25,000
California	Visalia	1.42	50	$25,000
Colorado	Denver	0.59	200	$30,000
Colorado	Fort Collins	1.26	40	$27,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1.6	190	$30,000
Connecticut	Hartford	1.09	170	$29,000
Connecticut	New Haven	1.21	90	$26,000
Connecticut	Waterbury	4.05	70	$25,000
Delaware	Wilmington	1.92	170	$28,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.52	330	$28,000
Florida	Cape Coral	1.05	60	$24,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.97	200	$24,000
Florida	Jacksonville	0.9	150	$27,000
Florida	Miami	1.78	490	$25,000
Florida	Ocala	2.86	70	$21,000
Florida	Orlando	0.58	170	$21,000
Florida	Sarasota	1.06	80	$24,000
Florida	Tampa	0.81	280	$23,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	0.84	130	$24,000
Georgia	Atlanta	0.5	330	$25,000
Georgia	Augusta	1.3	70	$25,000
Georgia	Columbus	2.12	60	$19,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	0.7	80	$28,000
Idaho	Boise	2.09	150	$24,000
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	5.83	70	$21,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.53	1,620	$26,000
Illinois	Peoria	2.32	100	$26,000
Illinois	Rockford	1.8	70	$33,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	0.53	30	$29,000
Indiana	Gary	1.2	90	$24,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	1.24	300	$20,000
Indiana	Lafayette	2.17	40	$22,000
Indiana	South Bend	0.84	30	$35,000
Iowa	Des Moines	0.58	50	$27,000
Iowa	Dubuque	6.26	80	$22,000
Kansas	Topeka	1.46	40	$25,000
Kansas	Wichita	1.36	110	$21,000
Kentucky	Lexington	2	130	$22,000
Kentucky	Louisville	0.72	120	$24,000
Louisiana	Alexandria	2.83	40	$21,000
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1.76	170	$19,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	3.4	120	$18,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	1.83	40	$18,000
Louisiana	Monroe	3.16	60	$20,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	1.4	190	$23,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	2.05	90	$23,000
Maryland	Baltimore	1.84	650	$30,000
Maryland	Bethesda	1.5	230	$30,000
Maryland	Salisbury	3.23	40	$21,000
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	1.19	30	$31,000
Massachusetts	Boston	0.73	340	$30,000
Massachusetts	Framingham	0.97	40	$30,000
Massachusetts	Lowell	1.98	60	$25,000
Massachusetts	Lynn	1.58	40	$27,000
Massachusetts	Worcester	0.9	60	$26,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.53	310	$23,000
Michigan	Flint	1.08	40	$28,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	0.77	80	$26,000
Michigan	Warren	1.15	370	$24,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.34	170	$29,000
Mississippi	Gulfport	3.01	80	$20,000
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	3.57	50	$18,000
Mississippi	Jackson	0.89	60	$20,000
Mississippi	Pascagoula	3.93	40	$20,000
Missouri	Joplin	1.55	30	$23,000
Missouri	Kansas City	0.47	130	$25,000
Missouri	Springfield	1.18	60	$24,000
Missouri	St Louis	1.07	400	$22,000
Nebraska	Lincoln	1.7	70	$19,000
Nebraska	Omaha	1.05	130	$24,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.62	160	$25,000
Nevada	Reno	2.78	160	$25,000
New Hampshire	Rochester	2.28	30	$33,000
New Jersey	Atlantic City	2.22	80	$23,000
New Jersey	Camden	1.44	210	$24,000
New Jersey	Edison	2.43	680	$21,000
New Jersey	Newark	1.92	530	$25,000
New Jersey	Trenton	2.08	120	$24,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	0.67	70	$28,000
New York	Albany	0.85	100	$28,000
New York	Buffalo	0.76	110	$26,000
New York	Nassau	2.43	830	$24,000
New York	New York	1.07	1,490	$27,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	2.03	130	$24,000
New York	Rochester	0.37	50	$24,000
New York	Syracuse	1.11	90	$24,000
New York	Utica	1.84	60	$23,000
North Carolina	Asheville	1.29	60	$24,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	0.38	90	$24,000
North Carolina	Durham	0.71	50	$25,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	1.29	130	$25,000
North Carolina	Winston Salem	0.87	50	$27,000
Ohio	Akron	0.66	60	$23,000
Ohio	Canton	0.9	40	$23,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.78	220	$24,000
Ohio	Cleveland	1.02	300	$25,000
Ohio	Columbus	0.59	150	$22,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.84	90	$23,000
Ohio	Toledo	1.84	160	$26,000
Ohio	Youngstown	1.58	100	$24,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.56	240	$18,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1.91	220	$22,000
Oregon	Bend	4.14	70	$23,000
Oregon	Eugene	0.77	30	$22,000
Oregon	Portland	1.05	300	$25,000
Pennsylvania	Erie	2.1	70	$25,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	0.87	70
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	0.81	50	$31,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.54	790	$24,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1.31	410	$24,000
Pennsylvania	Reading	1.4	60	$26,000
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1.01	70	$21,000
Rhode Island	Providence	0.63	100	$25,000
South Carolina	Anderson	2.1	30	$16,000
South Carolina	Charleston	1.29	100	$25,000
South Carolina	Greenville	0.49	40	$29,000
Tennessee	Chattanooga	1.19	70	$25,000
Tennessee	Cleveland	4.58	40	$23,000
Tennessee	Jackson	4.62	60	$20,000
Tennessee	Johnson City	2.12	40	$18,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	1.24	110	$21,000
Tennessee	Memphis	1.34	230	$22,000
Texas	Abilene	2.06	30	$22,000
Texas	Amarillo	2.39	60	$20,000
Texas	Austin	1.52	310	$21,000
Texas	Beaumont	1.72	70	$22,000
Texas	Brownsville	3.53	110	$19,000
Texas	College Station	2.57	50	$19,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	2.45	110	$20,000
Texas	Dallas	1.27	720	$21,000
Texas	Fort Worth	1.14	260	$21,000
Texas	Houston	0.62	430	$23,000
Texas	Laredo	1.52	30	$17,000
Texas	Lubbock	5.44	160	$20,000
Texas	Mcallen	3.27	180	$20,000
Texas	Odessa	6.95	90	$20,000
Texas	San Antonio	1.48	330	$21,000
Texas	Tyler	3.52	80	$22,000
Texas	Victoria	2.71	30	$22,000
Texas	Wichita Falls	5.98	80	$19,000
Utah	Logan	4.05	40	$19,000
Utah	Provo	5.69	250	$16,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	2.05	340	$20,000
Virginia	Danville	6.09	50	$24,000
Virginia	Richmond	1.63	270	$25,000
Washington	Kennewick	2.31	50	$23,000
Washington	Olympia	3.78	90	$23,000
Washington	Seattle	0.87	340	$27,000
Washington	Spokane	2.18	120	$24,000
Washington	Tacoma	1.39	100	$22,000
Washington	Yakima	2.49	50	$22,000