Exactly 190 of Delaware's 310 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Newark. There has been a 32% decline in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Newark between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Newark has decreased, overall employment in Newark has increased.

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In Newark, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. Newark physical therapy assistant professionals made $41,665 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Newark was $34,690 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Newark is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Newark make a median yearly salary of $39,640. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $29,865 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $58,155 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 13 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.