Exactly 1,040 of California's 10,540 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Riverside. There has been a 35% growth in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Riverside between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Riverside has increased, overall employment in Riverside has also increased.

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Salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals in Riverside have increased. Riverside physical therapy assistant professionals made $43,720 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Riverside was $38,700 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Riverside is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Riverside physical therapy assistant professionals earn a median yearly salary of $42,630. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,665 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $56,570 per year.

Riverside 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 Riverside's physical therapy assistant professionals are graduates of this school.

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

Approximately 2 students completed physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.