Pays $27-$30/hr — Physical Therapist Assistant market median is ~$64k (17 jobs)
Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant
About the Role
Full-time PTA in senior living community. Focus on functional care and wellness. Wilmington, NC. $56k-$62k.
Join Prava Therapy as a Physical Therapist Assistant – Senior Living Community in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Full-Time | Cambridge Village of Wilmington | Wilmington, NC Your residents live here. Your therapy should too.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $30/hour.
- AI-enabled documentation
- Clinical support
- Operational support
- Embedded model
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Prava Therapy as a Physical Therapist Assistant – Senior Living Community.
Key Responsibilities
Provide skilled physical therapy interventions to residents in a senior living community to improve their strength, mobility, and functional independence. Collaborate with nursing, families, and wellness staff to implement individualized care plans and participate in fall prevention initiatives.
Requirements
Must hold a current North Carolina Physical Therapist Assistant license. Experience working with older adults is required, while previous senior living experience is considered a plus.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In North Carolina, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (688 salary observations; 1,488 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (19,239 salary observations; 45,434 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$59k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $63k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Position Insights
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