Exactly 80 of the 1,320 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Minnesota, work in Duluth. There has been a 38% decline in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Duluth between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Duluth has decreased, overall employment in Duluth has also decreased.

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As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Duluth has shrunk, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. In 2010 Duluth physical therapy assistant professionals earned an average yearly salary of $43,310. Four years earlier in 2006, physical therapy assistant professionals in Duluth made an average salary of $36,680 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Duluth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals make a median salary of $43,460 per year in Duluth. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $34,320 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 55% higher salaries.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 17 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses.