Of the 4,110 physical therapy professionals employed in Washington State, 420 work in Tacoma. There has been a 20% growth in the number of physical therapy professionals in Tacoma between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Tacoma has also increased.

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In Tacoma, salaries for physical therapy professionals have increased. Tacoma physical therapy professionals made $71,140 per year, on average, in 2010. Physical therapy professionals in Tacoma made a yearly average salary of $63,690, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of physical therapy professionals in Tacoma is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physical therapy professionals in Tacoma make a median yearly salary of $68,890. The 10% of physical therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $50,670 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $92,260 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 34 students graduated from physical therapy courses in 2010.