Exactly 160 of Alabama's 2,410 respiratory therapy professionals work in Tuscaloosa. The number of respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa has grown by 33% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa has increased, overall employment in Tuscaloosa has decreased.

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As the number of respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa has grown, salaries for respiratory therapy professionals have also increased. In 2010 Tuscaloosa respiratory therapy professionals earned an average yearly salary of $36,880. Respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa made a yearly average salary of $33,040, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Tuscaloosa respiratory therapy professionals earn a median yearly salary of $37,100. The 10% of respiratory therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,710 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 81% higher salaries.

On average respiratory therapy professionals in Tuscaloosa earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Tuscaloosa.

There is only one accredited respiratory therapy school in the city. Many of Tuscaloosa's respiratory therapy professionals are graduates of this school.

There is one degree and certificate program in respiratory therapy offered by Tuscaloosa's respiratory therapy school.

In 2010 approximately 16 students graduated from respiratory therapy courses.