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Benchmark Physical Therapy
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Physical Therapist - Visit Based Earning

Physical Therapist Top 10% in Physical TherapyNo callNo weekendsPer Diem

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$90/hr

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Per Diem
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

Physical Therapists - Join the Benchmark Physical Therapy team in Chattanooga, TN!

Flexible Income Opportunity

Are you an innovative, motivated Physical Therapist looking for a new way to maximize your earning potential while helping your community achieve a more active life? Under our new per-visit compensation offering, you are in control of your caseload, while we provide you the skills and tools to be successful.

Why Join Us?

The simple answer – control. In your time, your income, and your balance. For some it’s about doing a little work to keep your skills sharp while bringing in income. For others it could be about ditching the 2nd weekend job to earn more with the patients you love and your company there to back you.

What You Get

  • Flexible schedules – Work when it fits your lifestyle (evenings/weekends available)
  • Autonomy & control – Over your caseload (10-40 visits/week) & 1:1 or 2:1 care (up to you!)
  • Pay – Up to $90 / hr
  • Efficient documentation & scheduling – systems designed to minimize time spent documenting
  • Industry leading outcomes – data informs our care model to get patients back to what’s important to them
  • Structured onboarding and support – to set you up for success, so you can earn more faster
  • Employee discounts, perks and benefits available!

Options

  • Full Time
  • Part Time
  • Travel
  • Temporary / PRN

Qualifications

  • Active Physical Therapist license in the state of practice
  • Minimum 3 months of clinical experience as a licensed PT

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Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist will manage their own caseload and provide high-quality 1:1 or 2:1 patient care. They are responsible for efficient documentation and scheduling to meet industry-leading outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical documentationCaseload management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Visit Based Earning at Benchmark Physical Therapy 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 21,438 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Tennessee, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (59 salary observations; 329 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (4,705 salary observations; 16,929 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 55% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$187k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $204k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$187k midpoint, that is roughly $7k–$13k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs · 21 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
71%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Visa sponsorship
12%
Loan repayment
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$68-$74/hr
#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 7.9
Among the top 10% of 21,438 Physical Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Chattanooga

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$1,513/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Chattanooga, TN-GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Benchmark Physical Therapy

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Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedules
Autonomy over caseload (10-40 visits/week)
1:1 or 2:1 care
Employee discounts and perks