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AgeRight Therapy
Long Beach, California

Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Salary Range: $42–$50 /hr

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Job Description

Physical Therapist Assistant

AgeRight Therapy – Pacific Palms Healthcare

What You'll Love About AgeRight Therapy

  • Dedicated documentation time
  • Generous PTO/Choice Time (4 weeks) with Cash Out options (FT & PT staff only)
  • Use of Modality Equipment and Technology

Annual Performance Reviews with Performance-based Increases

  • Access professional development resources, including free CEUs and career advancement opportunities within the AgeRight Therapy network
  • Build long-term financial security with a 401(k) Plan that includes Employer Matching
  • New Grads encouraged to apply – grow your skills and experience with us!

Minimum Qualifications

  • Graduate from accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program
  • Current state licensure -or- in the process of obtaining appropriate state licensure

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Post-Acute care preferred

Responsibilities

Apply a transformative approach to therapy by implementing personalized care plans under the direction and supervision of a Physical Therapist

Utilize AgeRight Therapy’s evidence-based clinical programs and pathways to ensure optimal patient outcomes

Be a Champion of the Journey by maximizing function in physical, emotional, social, and cognitive realms for patients, families, co-workers, and self.

Join us as an Physical Therapist Assistant and take your therapy career to new heights! Pacific Palms Healthcare is partnered with AgeRight Therapy, offering an exceptional opportunity for a therapist like you to be a part of a dynamic team.

As a Physical Therapist Assistant with AgeRight Therapy, you’ll be delivering person-centered care to grateful and highly motivated patients, many of them seniors, helping them achieve therapy goals and a higher quality of life.

About AgeRight Therapy

AgeRight Therapy is a part of Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare, together providing a continuum of senior care from skilled nursing to assisted living, memory care, and independent living. With AgeRight Therapy, you’ll be joining a team located across multiple facilities and states with one purpose that unites us all—to be champions of every journey.

In addition to a wide variety of career opportunities, we offer a comprehensive benefit package, talk to a recruiter to learn more today!

Salary Range: $42 - $50 /hr

Wage ranges listed take into consideration candidate’s professional experience, location of the position, and status of the position.

EEO Statement

“Be here. Be you.”

For more than 30 years, Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare have been serving seniors and welcoming staff of all backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. The Marquis family of companies offer a rich heritage of embracing differences and honoring individuality. We’ve continued to grow in our appreciation of diversity in the workplace. We know it builds strength, drives innovation, and brings valuable new perspectives and energy.

We’re committed to making our workforce an even greater reflection of the people and communities we serve, and we are honored our employees have chosen to work at Marquis and Consonus. Everything we do as a company is driven by our mission to help those we serve, and each other, live the best rest of our lives.

That means you being you – without apology or compromise. We value your every uniqueness and continue to curate, nurture, and sustain an inclusive culture. It’s the foundation of who we are and the evolution of our collective future.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program. Requires current state licensure or be in the process of obtaining it.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Physical therapyPatient careEvidence-based practiceRehabilitationGeriatric care

Physical Therapist Career Context

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (974 salary observations; 3,697 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,179 salary observations; 55,302 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$96k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top PTA Jobs

17 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution14 jobs · 7 employers

4
<$80k
7
$80k-90k
2
$90k-100k
0
$100k-110k
1
$150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks16 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
69%
CME allowance
44% this job
Loan repayment
25%
Relocation assistance
25%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist & PTA

MGA Homecare · Richardson, Texas

up to $150,000
#2

Physical Therapist Assistant

Select Physical Therapy · Watsonville, California

$40-$48/hr
#3

Physical Therapist Assistant

$40-$45/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Assistant

$40-$42/hr
+ 15 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.2
Better work-life than 40% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

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

Living in Long Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$961k
Typical market rent
$2,422/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About AgeRight Therapy

Benefits & Perks

Dedicated documentation time
Generous PTO/Choice Time (4 weeks) with Cash Out options
Use of Modality Equipment and Technology
Annual Performance Reviews with performance-based increases
Free CEUs and career advancement opportunities
401(k) Plan with Employer Matching
Comprehensive benefit package