What Does a Lead Therapist Do?

In this section, we take a look at the annual salaries of other professions. Take director of physical therapy for example. On average, the directors of physical therapy annual salary is $32,716 higher than what lead therapists make on average every year.

Even though lead therapists and directors of physical therapy have vast differences in their careers, a few of the skills required to do both jobs are similar. For example, both careers require patients, physical therapy, and occupational therapy in the day-to-day roles.

As far as similarities go, this is where it ends because a lead therapist responsibility requires skills such as "social work," "crisis intervention," "autism," and "aba." Whereas a director of physical therapy is skilled in "rehabilitation," "physical therapy clinic," "treatment programs," and "physical therapy treatment." So if you're looking for what truly separates the two careers, you've found it.

Directors of physical therapy really shine in the health care industry with an average salary of $94,891. Whereas lead therapists tend to make the most money in the retail industry with an average salary of $70,038.

The education levels that directors of physical therapy earn is a bit different than that of lead therapists. In particular, directors of physical therapy are 17.5% less likely to graduate with a Master's Degree than a lead therapist. Additionally, they're 9.2% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

Now we're going to look at the physical therapy internship profession. On average, physical therapy interns earn a $3,419 lower salary than lead therapists a year.

A similarity between the two careers of lead therapists and physical therapy interns are a few of the skills associated with both roles. We used resumes from both professions to find that both use skills like "patients," "physical therapy," and "occupational therapy. "

In addition to the difference in salary, there are some other key differences that are worth noting. For example, lead therapist responsibilities are more likely to require skills like "social work," "crisis intervention," "autism," and "aba." Meanwhile, a physical therapy internship might be skilled in areas such as "physical therapy assistants," "rehabilitation," "ultrasound," and "acute care." These differences highlight just how different the day-to-day in each role looks.

Physical therapy interns may earn a lower salary than lead therapists, but physical therapy interns earn the most pay in the health care industry with an average salary of $75,207. On the other side of things, lead therapists receive higher paychecks in the retail industry where they earn an average of $70,038.

When it comes to the differences in education between the two professions, physical therapy interns tend to reach lower levels of education than lead therapists. In fact, they're 29.0% less likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 9.2% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

The manipulative therapy specialist profession generally makes a lower amount of money when compared to the average salary of lead therapists. The difference in salaries is manipulative therapy specialists making $25,793 lower than lead therapists.

While looking through the resumes of several lead therapists and manipulative therapy specialists we discovered that both professions have similar skills. These similarities include skills such as "patients," "aba," and "substance abuse," but they differ when it comes to other required skills.

As mentioned, these two careers differ between other skills that are required for performing the work exceedingly well. For example, gathering from lead therapists resumes, they are more likely to have skills like "social work," "crisis intervention," "autism," and "cpr." But a manipulative therapy specialist might have skills like "gmp," "rehabilitation," "t-cell," and "cell processing."

Interestingly enough, manipulative therapy specialists earn the most pay in the education industry, where they command an average salary of $51,149. As mentioned previously, lead therapists highest annual salary comes from the retail industry with an average salary of $70,038.

When it comes to education, manipulative therapy specialists tend to earn lower education levels than lead therapists. In fact, they're 21.3% less likely to earn a Master's Degree, and 0.9% less likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.

Now, we'll look at physical therapist technicians, who generally average a lower pay when compared to lead therapists annual salary. In fact, the difference is about $4,679 per year.

While both lead therapists and physical therapist technicians complete day-to-day tasks using similar skills like patients, cpr, and patient care, the two careers also vary in other skills.

Even though a few skill sets overlap, there are some differences that are important to note. For one, a lead therapist might have more use for skills like "social work," "crisis intervention," "autism," and "aba." Meanwhile, some physical therapist technicians might include skills like "rehabilitation," "electrical stimulation," "traction," and "physical therapy treatment" on their resume.

In general, physical therapist technicians reach lower levels of education when compared to lead therapists resumes. Physical therapist technicians are 29.1% less likely to earn their Master's Degree and 0.5% less likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.