Physical Therapist Assistant - Hospital Rehab - Fitzgerald, GA
Listed compensation
starting at $45K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
This is a Physical Therapist Assistant job at a Hospital in Fitzgerald, GA 31750. We'll learn your requirements so that any job offer extended will meet your needs. We are a 3rd party recruitment firm.
Here Are the Logistics of the Position
1. Salary range starting at $45,000 per year based on experience.
2. Hospital - General Orthopedics.
3. Monday-Friday. No weekends or holidays.
4. Full-time.
5. Position includes a comprehensive benefits package.
6. No travel in the community. All caseload within one clinic location.
7. This is a staff-level position focused on direct patient care.
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Key Responsibilities
The position focuses on providing direct patient care within a hospital-based general orthopedics setting. The therapist will manage a caseload exclusively at one clinic location.
Requirements
This is a staff-level physical therapist assistant role requiring full-time availability from Monday to Friday. Candidates must be prepared to work in a hospital environment without travel requirements.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Georgia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (381 salary observations; 1,964 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,198 salary observations; 54,378 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 Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$45k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $47k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Assistant - Hospital Rehab - Fitzgerald, GA at Sugar Maple Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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- No weekends
Living in Fitzgerald
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $144k≈ 3.2× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $670/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 14 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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