Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$85k-$90k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Full-Time PT
- Location: Margate, FL
- Salary: $85,000–$90,000 per year, depending on experience
- Schedule: Monday–Friday | 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Expected Pace: Approximately 1–2 patients per hour
- Setting: Orthopedic Outpatient Physical Therapy Office
- A Physical Therapy Role Built Around Direct Patient Care
- We are recruiting an experienced Physical Therapist (PT) for a full-time outpatient position in Margate, FL.
Your workday will include new patient evaluations, ongoing treatment visits, reassessments, and progression of existing rehabilitation programs.
Patients may be managing joint stiffness, post-operative weakness, sports injuries, chronic musculoskeletal conditions, or limitations affecting their ability to complete work and household activities. You will determine what each patient can currently do, identify the barriers affecting function, and select treatment strategies suited to their stage of recovery.
Responsibilities
- Conduct new patient evaluations and document baseline function
- Test joint motion, muscle strength, mobility, and functional capacity
- Prioritize treatment needs using examination findings
- Build structured rehabilitation programs for orthopedic diagnoses
- Lead patients through exercise-based treatment sessions
- Incorporate balance, stability, mobility, and neuromuscular activities when appropriate
- Reassess patients at appropriate stages of treatment
- Update rehabilitation goals as physical ability changes
- Communicate relevant findings with referring providers
- Maintain required treatment notes and progress documentation
- Current Physical Therapist (PT) License
- DPT Degree or MSPT Degree
- Previous outpatient physical therapy experience
- Orthopedic treatment experience
- Strong clinical decision-making skills
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- 3 Weeks PTO
- Looking for an Outpatient Setting Where Your Experience Can Be Put to Good Use?
See whether this Margate, FL PT position belongs on your career shortlist and put yourself forward for consideration.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Physical Therapy license and possess either a DPT or MSPT degree. Previous experience in an outpatient orthopedic setting and strong clinical decision-making skills are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 48% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (725 salary observations; 3,273 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $85k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Gotham Enterprises holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 601 active listings.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 7.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,005 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$88k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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- No weekends
Living in Pompano Beach
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $439k≈ 5.2× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,355/mo≈ 33% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.