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Age Right
Portland, Oregon

Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapist AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$35-$45/hr

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Job Description

  • Physical Therapist Assistant
  • Eastside Portland, OR
  • Pay range: $35.00 - $45.00 DOE

Benefits

  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Continual growth opportunities & up to $25,000 towards ongoing education
  • Paid vacation and Sick time

Minimum Qualifications

  • Graduated from an accredited program with a degree in Physical Therapist Assistant program
  • Current state licensure or in the process of obtaining appropriate state licensure
  • CPR Certification
  • National Provider Identifier (NPI) required upon hire

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Home Health
  • Excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development

Responsibilities

  • Carry out tasks from the care plan
  • Prepare/complete clinical and progress notes
  • Teach patient and family/caregivers in meeting individual treatment goals

Join the AgeRight Care at Home team as a Physical Therapist Assistant and take your career to new heights! As an AgeRight PTA, 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 in their time of greatest need.

About AgeRight Care at Home

AgeRight offers flexible scheduling and opportunities for advancement. Being a Caregiver is a great starting point of those interested in a career in nursing or other health care fields. We are connected with a network of facilities that provide assisted living, long term care, post acute rehab and pharmacy services to residents in Oregon, Nevada and California. These connections and resources provide employees of AgeRight the ability grow and pursue a career in healthcare.

EEO Statement

“Be here. Be you.”

For more than 30 years, AgeRight has 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, Consonus and AgeRight. 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

Candidates must have graduated from an accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program and hold current state licensure. A CPR certification and a National Provider Identifier (NPI) are also required upon hire.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Physical therapyClinical documentationPatient educationCare planning

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$83k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $80k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Oregon?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$73k–$94kPhysical Therapy median $68k (middle half $63k–$76k)501 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$80k in purchasing powerOregon index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Oregon297 active21,490 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOregon Physical Therapist listings: 27% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 23% offer loan repayment310 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,820 in the last 30 days4,435 the 30 days before (+76%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.5% 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 PTA Jobs

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Salary Distribution

9 jobs · 6 employers
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$102k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

10 jobs · 6 employers
401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
70% this job
Relocation assistance
20%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

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

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About Age Right

Hospitals and Health Care
Milwaukie, OR
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Mileage Reimbursement
Up to $25,000 towards ongoing education
Paid vacation and Sick time
Flexible scheduling
Opportunities for advancement

Living in Portland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$523k
Typical market rent
$1,719/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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