Exactly 80 of the 2,800 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Virginia, work in Roanoke. There has been a 43% decline in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke has decreased, overall employment in Roanoke has increased.

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As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke has shrunk, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have increased. Roanoke physical therapy assistant professionals made $52,110 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke was $32,705 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Roanoke make a median yearly salary of $52,840. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $36,030 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $68,390 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 29 students completed physical therapy assistant courses.