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Highest Paying Industries for Physical Therapist Assistants

The top 57 highest paying industries for physical therapist assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $65,310, temporary help services is the highest paying industry for physical therapist assistants. It is followed by employment services industry (average annual salary $64,210). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of physical therapist assistants in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 57 Highest Paying Industries for Physical Therapist Assistants

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Temporary Help Services	$65,310	$38,700	550
2	Employment Services	$64,210	$38,760	690
3	Administrative and Support Services	$64,040	$38,710	700
4	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$64,040	$38,710	700
5	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$62,670	$46,350	120
6	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$62,280	$41,390	8,630
7	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$61,910	$40,560	9,940
8	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$60,330	$44,040	250
9	Home Health Care Services	$59,890	$40,830	6,830
10	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$59,530	$34,550	970
11	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$59,450	$24,500	160
12	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$59,450	$24,500	160
13	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$58,000	$32,450	320
14	Outpatient Care Centers	$56,320	$40,320	960
15	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$55,570	$30,060	100
16	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$55,340	$36,700	60
17	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$55,030	$28,990	200
18	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$54,560	$32,550	2,290
19	Health Care and Social Assistance	$54,490	$31,890	74,580
20	Educational Services - Privately owned	$54,350	$39,150	90
21	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$54,170	$29,990	46,300
22	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$54,160	$30,190	2,400
23	Individual and Family Services	$53,680	$33,370	300
24	Social Assistance	$53,450	$32,080	410
25	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$53,130	$28,120	33,350
26	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$53,070	$28,050	34,060
27	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$52,590	$36,700	200
28	Hospitals - Local government owned	$52,040	$34,940	2,270
29	Hospitals - Privately owned	$52,000	$34,050	15,290
30	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$51,980	$34,720	2,240
31	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$51,930	$32,730	220
32	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$51,870	$33,500	17,930
33	Offices of Physicians	$51,790	$29,580	4,290
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$51,560	$34,240	12,970
35	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$51,550	$33,850	2,970
36	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$51,540	$33,910	15,460
37	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$49,960	$39,440	70
38	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$49,890	$29,490	3,800
39	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$49,490	$40,330	30
40	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$49,420	$31,210	530
41	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$49,090	$29,960	460
42	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$48,990	$38,170	70
43	Educational Services	$48,700	$32,390	680
44	Educational Services - Local government owned	$48,680	$29,980	500
45	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$47,920	$39,450	120
46	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$47,310	$38,580	80
47	Educational Services - State government owned	$46,810	$37,110	90
48	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$45,940	$29,320	580
49	Federal, State, and Local Government	$45,940	$29,320	580
50	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$45,930	$33,690	30
51	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$45,100	$27,850	300
52	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$45,060	$23,630	250
53	State government, including schools and hospitals	$43,610	$23,270	830
54	Educational Support Services	$43,290	$30,110	30
55	Hospitals - State government owned	$43,070	$21,620	370
56	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$42,700	$27,410	370
57	Offices of Chiropractors	$40,130	$24,910	390