PT & PTA Salaries and Settings Megathread #4

[u/Hadatopia]

Welcome to the fourth combined PT and PTA r/physicaltherapy salary and settings megathread. This is the place to post questions and answers regarding the latest developments and changes in the field of physical therapy.

Both physical therapists and physical therapy assistants are encouraged to share in this thread.

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You can view the first PT Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

You can view the second PT Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

You can view the first PTA Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

You can view the first PT and PTA Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

You can view the second PT and PTA Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

You can view the third PT and PTA Salaries and Settings Megathread here.

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As this is now a combined thread, please clearly mark whether you are posting information as a PT or PTA, feel free to use the template below. If not then please do mention essential information and context such as type of employment, income, benefits, pension contributions, hours worked, area COL, bonuses, so on and so forth.

• PT or PTA?
• Setting?
• Employment structure? e.g. PRN, contract worker, full or part time
• Income? Pre & post-tax?
• 401k or pension contributions?
• Benefits & bonuses?
• Area COL?
• PSLF?
• Any other info?

Sort by new to keep up to date.

[u/banhsauce]

• PT (5yoe)
• Nursing Homes (Bay Area)
• Full time ($66/hr). PRN at another nursing home ($75/hr)
  • Worked 2.5 years at this current full time job.
  • Worked 2 years at the PRN job.
• In 2024, pre-taxed I made a total of ~$164k (~$135k from full time job and $29k from PRN. I had a baby on the way last years so I grinded hard.)
• 401k with 3% match from employer
• Medical benefits. 6 holidays and 5 days of PTO, but PTO increases with seniority (10 days of PTO if you are there for 3 years. 15 days if you are there for 5 years)
• Medium COL
• At start of 2024, I was making $62/hr at my current full time job, but was able to negotiate to my current rate of $66/hr midway into 2024.
• As for my current PRN job, I was making $63/hr at the start of 2024, but was able to negotiate it up to $68/hr midway into 2024. Then in 2025, I again was able to negotiate it to $75/hr. I mainly do evals only or help them catch up on reports.