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Sugar Maple Health
Macon, Georgia

Physical Therapist Assistant - Outpatient Clinic - Macon, 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 3mo ago

Job Description

This is a Physical Therapist Assistant job at an Outpatient Clinic in Macon, GA 31210. 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. Outpatient Clinic - 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 within an outpatient clinic setting. Focus on general orthopedics for a caseload located at a single clinic site.

Requirements

Candidates must be qualified as a Physical Therapist Assistant. Experience level is used to determine the starting salary.

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 - Outpatient Clinic - Macon, GA at Sugar Maple Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% 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
1
$96k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution8 jobs · 6 employers

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1-2
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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

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Enloe Health · Chico, California

$34.02-$45.93/hr
#2

Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant

Center Well · Peachtree City, Georgia

$64k-$88k
#3

Physical Therapist Assistant (FT)

$38-$42/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Assistant

$30-$36/hr
+ 6 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% 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 Macon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$162k≈ 3.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,246/mo≈ 33% of gross pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.5
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Macon-Bibb County, GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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