Exactly 400 of Louisiana's 1,910 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Baton Rouge. The number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Baton Rouge has grown by 18% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Baton Rouge has increased, overall employment in Baton Rouge has also increased.

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In Baton Rouge, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. Baton Rouge physical therapy assistant professionals made $34,980 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Baton Rouge was $32,910 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Baton Rouge is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals make a median salary of $35,530 per year in Baton Rouge. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $23,360 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 111% higher salaries.

Physical therapy assistant professional salaries in Baton Rouge are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Baton Rouge's physical therapy assistant professionals are graduates of the only accredited physical therapy assistant school in the city.

Baton Rouge's physical therapy assistant school offers one physical therapy assistant degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 22 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses.