Exactly 170 of Kentucky's 2,190 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Somerset. There has been a 6% decline in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Somerset between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Somerset has increased.

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As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Somerset has shrunk, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have also decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $30,825 per year was earned by physical therapy assistant professionals in Somerset. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in Somerset was $40,540 per year. The decline in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Somerset is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals make a median salary of $30,010 per year in Somerset. The difference in pay between the physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 63%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,355 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $39,595 per year.

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

There is only one accredited physical therapy assistant school in the city. Many of Somerset's physical therapy assistant professionals are graduates of this school.

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

Approximately 15 students completed physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.