Physical Therapist, SNF
Listed compensation
$55-$65/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Physical Therapist – Skilled Nursing Facility
San Diego, CA | 13-Weeks | $55-$65, DOE
San Diego — 70 degrees and sunny, world-class beaches, incredible food, and one of the most desirable cities in the entire country to live and work. If you have been looking for a reason to spend 13 weeks in America's Finest City, this is it.
Blue United Sourcing is placing a Physical Therapist (PT) at a skilled nursing facility in San Diego, CA for a 13-week contract starting 3/23/2026. This position runs a Sunday through Thursday schedule — meaning your weekends start on Thursday, giving you long stretches to explore everything San Diego and Southern California have to offer.
Quick Details
- $55-$65/hr, DOE
- 13-week contract | Start date: 3/23/2026
- 36 hours/week | Full-Time
- Sunday–Thursday schedule (no exceptions)
- SNF setting | Travel Contract
Requirements
- Active CA PT license (OR a California PT license in process, if you're licensed in a different state)
- SNF experience preferred
- Must be available for a Sunday–Thursday schedule
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Key Responsibilities
The primary responsibility is serving as a Physical Therapist in a Skilled Nursing Facility setting for a 13-week contract. The role requires adherence to a specific Sunday through Thursday work schedule.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (1,544 salary observations; 3,966 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,056 salary observations; 57,503 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $113k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Blue United Sourcing holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 19 active listings.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist, SNF at Blue United Sourcing a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,085 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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$150k-$160kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,085 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
Living in San Diego
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.01M
- Typical market rent
- $3,036/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.9
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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