The annual salary statistics of physical therapist assistants in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of physical therapist assistants in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $62,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $83,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $96,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physical therapist assistants in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $96,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physical therapist assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $77,090 | 3.35% | 21.12% |
| 2021 | $74,510 | 12.12% | - |
| 2020 | $65,480 | -11.30% | - |
| 2019 | $72,880 | 1.25% | - |
| 2018 | $71,970 | 3.77% | - |
| 2017 | $69,260 | 8.16% | - |
| 2016 | $63,610 | -0.22% | - |
| 2015 | $63,750 | -1.46% | - |
| 2014 | $64,680 | -0.48% | - |
| 2013 | $64,990 | 6.43% | - |
| 2012 | $60,810 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,090 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario is in the middle of salary range for physical therapist assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physical therapist assistants in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario is 19.0 percent (19.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 29.8 percent (29.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.