Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistContract

Listed compensation

$40.13-$56.32/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

  • Position: Physical Therapist
  • Location: Bridgton, Maine
  • Department: Physical Therapy
  • Shifts Available: Days
  • Pay: up to $1,605.20 –$2,252.80 gross pay per week; equivalent to $40.13 – $56.32 per hour.
  • Assignment Length: 12 weeks

Premiere Healthcare Staffing is here to help you on your career journey! We place talented candidates with our partner healthcare facilities with the shared goal of providing exceptional, compassionate care.

  • Award-winning hospital partners across the nation
  • Dedicated career specialists to support you every step of the way
  • Immediate and flexible opportunities to create your career journey
  • Tailored career pathway where you can thrive personally and professionally

Responsibilities

  • Provides medically prescribed consultative and therapeutic services
  • Restores function and helps prevent disability
  • Treats patients with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and/or integumentary disorders
  • Performs all duties in accordance with Physical Therapy and hospital policies
  • Complies with state and federal regulatory, licensing, and accrediting requirements

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Bachelor/ Masters/ Doctorate/Certificate degree in Physical Therapy.2. Current state Physical Therapy license.3. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.

4. Minimum one (1) year of experience required.

Pay Transparency

Premiere Healthcare Staffing offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $40.13 to $56.32. This compensation estimate is specific to Maine and has not been adjusted for any other geographic location.

The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Musculoskeletal TreatmentCardiopulmonary TreatmentIntegumentary TreatmentPatient CareConsultative ServicesBLS CertificationRegulatory Compliance

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Maine, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (56 salary observations; 289 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,992 salary observations; 63,762 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Maine is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$100k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $103k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Maine clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Maine?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$83k–$117kPhysical Therapy median $135k (middle half $125k–$151k)127 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Maine vs national$94k median in Maine$94k nationally (about the same)56 state / 12,992 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$103k in purchasing powerMaine index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Maine151 active21,629 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 54% no call · 44% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMaine Physical Therapist listings: 49% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 18% offer loan repayment170 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,754 in the last 30 days4,473 the 30 days before (+73%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

36 jobs · 14 employers
9
<$105k
18
$105k-120k
2
$120k
3
$135k-150k
4
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

33 jobs · 14 employers
401k / retirement match
82%
Sign-on bonus
52%
CME allowance
42%
Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist

Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

$165,000
#2

Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond

CVHCare · Berkeley, CA, United States

$150k
#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Glendale

$150k
#4

Home Health Physical Therapist - Hayward

$150k
+ 34 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,256 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Premiere Healthcare Staffing

Staffing and Recruiting
Ontario, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Weekly Pay
Dedicated Career Specialist Support
Award-winning Hospital Partners

Living in Bridgton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$410k
Typical market rent
$1,750/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.9
State income tax
Up to 7.2%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Portland-South Portland, ME metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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