Physical Therapist Aides
SOC 31-2022 · 2024-2034
Under close supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing the patient and the treatment area.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $39,301per year
- Projected openings
- 12,050
- Projected change
- +20.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $45,868 | 50 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $45,323 | 630 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $44,017 | 90 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $42,611 | 450 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $42,610 | 710 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $42,610 | 80 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $38,731 | 340 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $38,288 | 60 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $38,196 | 90 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $37,785 | 100 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $37,157 | 610 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $37,085 | 80 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $36,952 | 60 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $36,952 | 170 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $36,756 | 100 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $36,571 | 150 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $36,567 | 2,400 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $36,527 | 960 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $36,520 | 190 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $36,458 | 130 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $36,365 | 160 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $36,283 | 110 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $36,036 | 370 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $35,995 | 40 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $35,800 | 1,110 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $35,697 | 80 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $35,553 | 1,010 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapist Assistants | $85,215 | 18,930 | +41.1% |
| Occupational Therapy Assistants | $83,841 | 6,200 | +32.4% |
| Psychiatric Technicians | $50,516 | 16,680 | +27.5% |
| Psychiatric Aides | $48,703 | 5,580 | +5.3% |
| Occupational Therapists | $127,995 | 10,780 | +26.7% |
| Respiratory Therapists | $107,754 | 14,350 | +22.2% |
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