Of the 2,830 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Maryland, 1,450 work in Westminster. There has been a 44% growth in the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster has increased, overall employment in Westminster has also increased.

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• Light Blue: Physical Therapy Assistant in Westminster
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As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster has grown, salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals have also increased. In 2010 physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster reportedly earned an average salary of $39,095 per year. Physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster made a yearly average salary of $37,780, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Westminster make a median yearly salary of $39,025. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $20,250 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 170% higher salaries.

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

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

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

Approximately 20 students graduated from physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.