Job outlook for outpatient physical therapist assistants in the United States

Outpatient physical therapist assistant job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected outpatient physical therapist assistant job growth rate is 24% from 2018-2028.

• About 33,900 new jobs for outpatient physical therapist assistants are projected over the next decade.

• Outpatient physical therapist assistant salaries have increased 6% for outpatient physical therapist assistants in the last 5 years.

• There are over 57,709 outpatient physical therapist assistants currently employed in the United States.

• There are 62,717 active outpatient physical therapist assistant job openings in the US.

• The average outpatient physical therapist assistant salary is $54,009.

Compare the number of outpatient physical therapist assistant jobs and the average outpatient physical therapist assistant salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of outpatient physical therapist assistant job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where outpatient physical therapist assistants earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.