Of the 3,300 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Massachusetts, 1,410 work in Boston. The number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Boston has grown by 1% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Boston has also increased.

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In Boston, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. In 2010 physical therapy assistant professionals in Boston reportedly earned an average salary of $39,380 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, physical therapy assistant professionals in Boston made an average salary of $35,455 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Boston is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals make a median salary of $39,920 per year in Boston. The difference in pay between the physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 87%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $28,125 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $52,550 per year.

Boston physical therapy assistant professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited physical therapy assistant school in the city. Many of Boston's physical therapy assistant professionals are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 13 students completed physical therapy assistant courses.