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Sugar Maple Health
Rockford, Illinois

Physical Therapist Assistant - Outpatient Private Practice Clinic - Rockford, IL

Physical TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

up to $75,000

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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

Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

This is a Physical Therapist Assistant job at an Outpatient Private Practice Clinic in Rockford, IL 61107. 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 up to $75,000 per year based on experience.

2. Outpatient Clinic - General Orthopedics.

3. Monday-Friday. No weekends or holidays.

4. Full-time or part-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 private practice clinic. Focus on general orthopedics for a caseload located at a single clinic site.

Requirements

The candidate must be a Physical Therapist Assistant. Experience level is not explicitly stated, but the role is a staff-level position.

Key Skills

Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$75k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois 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 Private Practice Clinic - Rockford, IL 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

9 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution8 jobs · 7 employers

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<$75k
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$75k-85k
2
$85k-95k
1
$96k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution9 jobs · 7 employers

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1-2
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3-4
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5-6
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9-10

Higher = better work-life balance

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#3

Physical Therapist Assistant (FT)

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Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

$30.00 - $36.00 per hour
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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 Rockford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$193k≈ 2.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,195/mo≈ 19% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Rockford, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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