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Physical Therapist Overview - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings -
Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations


Employment
Physical therapists hold about 185,500 jobs in the United States. The number of jobs is greater than the number of practicing physical therapists because some physical therapists hold two or more jobs. For example, some may work in a private practice, but also work part time in another health care facility.

About 6 out of 10 physical therapists work in hospitals or in offices of physical therapists. Other jobs were in the home health care services industry, nursing care facilities, outpatient care centers, and offices of physicians. Some physical therapists were self-employed in private practices, seeing individual patients and contracting to provide services in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing care facilities, home health care agencies, adult day care programs, and schools. Physical therapists also teach in academic institutions and conduct research.

 

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 


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