Exactly 220 of Illinois' 8,130 physical therapy professionals work in Peoria. There has been a 47% growth in the number of physical therapy professionals in Peoria between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for physical therapy professionals in Peoria has increased, overall employment in Peoria has also increased.

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As the number of physical therapy professionals in Peoria has grown, salaries for physical therapy professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $67,500 per year was earned by physical therapy professionals in Peoria. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for physical therapy professionals in Peoria was $62,570 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Peoria.

Physical therapy professionals make a median salary of $64,820 per year in Peoria. The 10% of physical therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $45,320 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 118% higher salaries.

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

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

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

Approximately 20 students completed physical therapy courses in 2010.