Exactly 260 of Iowa's 1,320 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Ottumwa. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Ottumwa has grown by 333%. As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Ottumwa has increased, overall employment in Ottumwa has also increased.

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In Ottumwa, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. In 2010 Ottumwa physical therapy assistant professionals earned an average yearly salary of $34,455. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Ottumwa was $26,395 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Ottumwa is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Ottumwa make a median yearly salary of $32,990. The difference in pay between the physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 105%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,070 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $49,395 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 18 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses.