The annual salary statistics of physical therapist assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of physical therapist assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $30,430 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,780 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $90,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physical therapist assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $90,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,430.
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 | $77,100 | 3.01% | 62.32% |
| 2021 | $74,780 | -1.11% | - |
| 2020 | $75,610 | 14.98% | - |
| 2019 | $64,280 | -2.02% | - |
| 2018 | $65,580 | 53.60% | - |
| 2017 | $30,430 | 4.53% | - |
| 2016 | $29,050 | 0.93% | - |
| 2015 | $28,780 | -108.90% | - |
| 2014 | $60,120 | 51.68% | - |
| 2012 | $29,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,100 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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.