Employment

Physical therapist assistants held about 71,400 jobs in 2012. The industries that employed the most physical therapist assistants in 2012 were as follows:

• Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists (40 percent)
• Hospitals (27 percent)
• Nursing care facilities (11 percent)
• Home health care services (8 percent)
• Offices of physicians (5 percent)

Employment opportunities are projected to grow by approximately 41 percent from 2012 through 2022.
 

Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-2015 edition, Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides.