Physical Therapist - Orthopedic/Sports Medicine

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Orthopedic/Sports Medicine at Sterling Ridge Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,699 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

In Texas, the Physical Therapist weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (1,003 salary observations; 3,897 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (22,082 salary observations; 49,430 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Physical Therapist pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$94k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $97k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$94k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.