Physical Therapist Analytics

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Career Attributes

Avg. US Salary$82,061
Physical Therapists in the US earn a mean annual salary of $82,061.
Source:CareerExplorer (Aggregated)
Employment239,800
There are currently an estimated 239,800 physical therapists in the US.
Source:Bureau of Labor Statistics
Avg. Satisfaction3.4
Physical Therapists on CareerExplorer gave this career an average satisfaction rating of 3.4/5.
Source:CareerExplorer
Growth28.0%
Over the next 10 years, the number of physical therapists in the US is projected to grow by 28.0%.
Source:Bureau of Labor Statistics

Education LevelMaster's degree
The typical physical therapist in the US has at least a Master's degree.
Source:U.S. Occupational Information Network (v18)
Most Common DegreeIndustrial Engineering
The most common degree for CareerExplorer users who have been a Physical Therapist is Industrial Engineering. View Degree

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Physical Therapist Ratings

Blended Rating

A weighted average of CareerExplorer’s five component ratings, approximating the overall satisfaction of a career.
Source: CareerExplorer

Work Environment Rating

3.6

SCORE

349

RATINGS

Work environment includes career characteristics such as working hours, organizational structure, and working conditions.

Overall Rating

3.3

SCORE

380

RATINGS

Overall rating measures a user's general sentiment about their career. Not to be confused with Blended Rating which is CareerExplorer's measure of their overall satsifaction.

Skills Utilization Rating

3.5

SCORE

344

RATINGS

Skill utilization rating is a measure of the degree to which users felt their skills were put to use in the career.

Uninformed Interest

2.3

SCORE

25738

RATINGS

The interest rating given by people who have not worked in this career.

Salary Rating

3.3

SCORE

331

RATINGS

Salary rating measures whether they felt that they were compensated fairly for their work in the career.

Interest Rating

3.9

SCORE

348

RATINGS

Interest rating measures the degree to which users found the subject matter of their work interesting.

Meaning Rating

3.6

SCORE

331

RATINGS

Meaning rating is a measure of the degree to which users felt that their career gave their life purpose and meaning.

Fit Rating

3.9

SCORE

349

RATINGS

Fit rating measures a user's sense of how well their personality fit with their career. Examples of personality traits include leadership, extraversion, and persistence.

Physical Therapist Demographics

Career Maturity

Career maturity is a measure of where a career falls on a typical user’s career path. For instance, restaurant work is often an early career for people that leads to other careers. Medical Doctors, on the other hand, tend to be terminal careers.
Source: CareerExplorer

Employment Type Mix

The distribution of full- and part-time employees in this career.
Source: CareerExplorer

76%

Full-Time

24%

Part-Time

Ethnic Minority Mix

Based on self reported ethnicity. Persons who identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

57%

10%

White

Other

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish

South Asian

Black or African American

East Asian

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Arab

Asian

Actual Gender Mix

The distribution of men and women employed in this career in 2014.
Source: CareerExplorer Data ().

30%

Men

70%

Women

Gender Mix By Likes

The distribution of positive career likes by men and women on CareerExplorer. Four or Five star career ratings are inferred as Likes.
Source: CareerExplorer

50%

Men

50%

Women

Discrimination Score

A number between -100 and +100 that measures how much a career discriminates against men or women. The CareerExplorer Implied Discrimination Quotient (IDQ) compares a career’s actual gender mix to its likes by gender to determine how closely actual job placements mirror gender preferences.
Source: CareerExplorer