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Sugar Maple Health
Eatonton, Georgia

Physical Therapist Assistant - Hospital - Eatonton, GA

Physical TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

starting at $45K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

This is a Physical Therapist Assistant job at a Hospital in Eatonton, GA 31024. We'll learn your requirements so that any job offer extended will meet your needs. We are a 3rd party recruitment firm.

Here Are the Logistics of the Position

1. Salary range starting at $45,000 per year based on experience.

2. Hospital - General Orthopedics.

3. Monday-Friday. No weekends or holidays.

4. Full-time.

5. Position includes a comprehensive benefits package.

6. No travel in the community. All caseload within one clinic location.

7. This is a staff-level position focused on direct patient care.

Thanks for your interest. Please submit your resume to learn more.

We're happy to answer your questions.

Key Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care as a physical therapist assistant within a hospital setting. Manage a caseload focused on general orthopedics at a single clinic location.

Requirements

The position requires a physical therapist assistant to work full-time from Monday to Friday. Candidates should be prepared to work in a hospital environment without the need for community travel.

Key Skills

Physical therapy

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Georgia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (556 salary observations; 2,050 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,786 salary observations; 56,355 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$45k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $47k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Assistant - Hospital - Eatonton, GA at Sugar Maple Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top PTA Jobs

8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution7 jobs · 6 employers

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<$80k
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$80k-90k
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$96k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution8 jobs · 6 employers

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Higher = better work-life balance

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$30-$36/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,946 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Eatonton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$414k≈ 9.2× annual pay
Median resident rent
$954/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.