Exactly 180 of the 1,910 physical therapy assistant professionals employed in Louisiana, work in Lafayette. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette has shrunk by 0%. As the employment for physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette has decreased, overall employment in Lafayette has also decreased.

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Salaries for physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $24,950 per year was earned by physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette. Four years earlier in 2006, physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette made an average salary of $28,440 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Lafayette.

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Lafayette earn a median salary of $24,945 per year. The 10% of physical therapy assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $18,615 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 79% higher salaries.

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

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

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

Approximately 26 students completed physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.