Physical Therapist Assistant - Outpatient Ortho
Listed compensation
$60k-$85k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join US Physical Therapy as a Physical Therapist Assistant – Outpatient Ortho, No Weekends in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $60K - $85K
- Continuing Education
- 401(k)
- Health/Dental/RX Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Major Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No weekends required.
This position offers weekends off. Work with US Physical Therapy in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality, individualized physical therapy care to patients in an outpatient orthopedic setting. Collaborate with a team of professionals to support patient recovery through the Complete Care Initiative.
Requirements
Must be a graduate of a CAPTE-accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program and hold or be eligible for a Virginia state license. Requires strong manual-based skills, sports rehabilitation experience, and excellent communication abilities.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (693 salary observations; 1,467 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (20,662 salary observations; 46,860 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $72k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Assistant - Outpatient Ortho at US Physical Therapy a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Physical Therapy physical therapist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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