Exactly 110 of South Dakota's 340 physical therapy assistant professionals work in Watertown. There has been a 8% decline in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown has decreased, overall employment in Watertown has also decreased.

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Salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown have increased. Watertown physical therapy assistant professionals made $28,460 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown made an average salary of $26,625 per year. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Watertown make a median yearly salary of $28,290. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $22,565 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 53% higher salaries.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 21 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses.