Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapist AssistantContract

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Job Description

  • Position: Physical Therapist Assistant
  • Location: Pampa, TX
  • Department: Physical Therapy
  • Shifts Available: Full Time, Days
  • Pay: up to $1,152.00- $1,555.20 gross pay per shift
  • Assignment Length: 12 weeks

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Responsibilities

Under the direction and supervision of the Physical Therapist, provides medically prescribed therapeutic services in order to restore function and prevent disability in patients with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary and/or integumentary disorders. Performs responsibilities in accordance with Physical Therapy, state and federal regulatory, licensing and accrediting requirements.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. A.A. Degree required2. Current state Physical Therapist Assistance license3. Current BCLS (AHA) Certificate upon hire and maintain current.4. Mimimum one year of PT Assistant experience required

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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.

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Qualifications

Education
Associate degree

Key Skills

Musculoskeletal disordersNeuromuscular disordersCardiopulmonary disordersPatient careBCLS certification

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (645 salary observations; 5,471 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,410 salary observations; 61,614 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Texas?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Texas vs national$87k median in Texas$94k nationally (−7%)645 state / 12,410 national salary observations
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Texas1,986 active21,471 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Physical Therapist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 17% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,740 in the last 30 days4,063 the 30 days before (+90%)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.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% 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 Pampa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$157k
Median resident rent
$934/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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