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Aberdeen, South Dakota

Physical Therapist / PT

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$42-$60/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

  • Physical Therapist / PT - Full Time
  • Job Type: Full Time, Part Time, PRN hours
  • Schedule: Flexible, up to 40 per week
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Location: Aberdeen, SD
  • Pay: $42 to $60 per hour (depending on experience and status).

Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, is hiring a Physical Therapist to join our supportive team and reap the benefits of some of the best career advantages in the industry.

Why Aegis Therapies

Career Growth & Development: We invest in your future with specialized, ongoing training, career advancement opportunities and the strongest clinical support in the industry.

Flexibility - Redefining Work-life Balance: We offer you the opportunity to maintain flexibility and a healthy work-life balance, so you never have to choose between your career and the things that make life worth living.

  • Impactful Work: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
  • Supportive Environment: Collaborate with teams that value your expertise and dedication.

Benefits

  • Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
  • Create your own career path: clinically, management, etc.
  • Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
  • Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration for providing the best patient care
  • Medical, dental, vision within 30 days or less
  • National opportunity to transfer while maintaining seniority
  • Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Assisted Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health
  • New Grads Welcomed!
  • And much more

Qualifications

Current license as a Physical Therapist or ability to obtain in the state of practice.

If you enjoy working in geriatrics and have a current Physical Therapy license, we would like to discuss what is most important to you. Aegis Therapies is committed to designing jobs to meet your needs.

Let us help find the career of your dreams! Apply Today.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide physical therapy services to patients in nursing homes and rehabilitation settings. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 40 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 65% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Dakota is 88.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$106k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $120k in an average-cost state. 58.2% of South Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in South Dakota?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$87k–$125kPhysical Therapy median $94k (middle half $72k–$109k)307 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$120k in purchasing powerSouth Dakota index 88.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in South Dakota50 active22,039 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 65% no call · 50% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Aegis Therapiessilver tier, 70/100Top Employers work-life index219 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

South Dakota has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$106k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

23 jobs · 10 employers
10
<$105k
9
$105k-120k
0
$120k-135k
1
$140k
3
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

23 jobs · 10 employers
401k / retirement match
96%
Sign-on bonus
61%
CME allowance
57% this job
Loan repayment
17%
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist

Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

Salary Range: $165000.00
#2

Physical Therapist (PT) Home Health | $150,000 Annual Salary (Redding)

Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

$150k-$160k
#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Hayward

$150k
#4

Physical Therapist - Studio City

$90k-$140k
+ 21 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,942 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aegis Therapies

Hospitals and Health Care
Frisco, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
Create your own career path
Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Medical, dental, vision within 30 days or less
National opportunity to transfer while maintaining seniority
Multiple settings nationwide

Living in Aberdeen

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Typical market rent
$1,097/mo
Residents’ average commute
12 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.

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