Of the 1,320 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Iowa, 60 work in Mason City. The number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Mason City has grown by 100% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Mason City has increased, overall employment in Mason City has decreased.

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As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Mason City has grown, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have also increased. Mason City physical therapy assistant professionals made $37,920 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, physical therapy assistant professionals in Mason City made an average salary of $29,885 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Mason City.

Physical therapy assistant professionals make a median salary of $39,270 per year in Mason City. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $24,900 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 94% higher salaries.

On average physical therapy assistant professionals in Mason City earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Mason City.

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

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

In 2010 approximately 13 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses.