Physical Therapists
Health Science · Therapeutic Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $76,010; experienced workers reach $137,240. About 1,700 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +16.9%
- Openings a year
- 115
- Employed in 2024
- 2,034
Typical entry education: Doctoral or professional degree
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Reading Comprehension4.4
- Active Listening4.1
- Speaking4.1
- Social Perceptiveness4.0
- Service Orientation4.0
- Critical Thinking3.9
- Writing4.0
- Monitoring3.9
What the work is
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
- Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- Associate degree6%
- Bachelor's degree8%
- Master's degree38%
- Doctoral or professional47%
Job zone 5, extensive preparation: A graduate or professional degree, usually after a bachelor's.
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