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Gaspar Physical Therapy
Encinitas, California

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80k–$95k

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

We are looking to hire a Physical Therapist with strong interpersonal skills to join our expanding team. We are a private, PT owned outpatient physical therapy clinic with a variety of specialties including orthopedics, sports, pelvic floor, vestibular, and cardiopulmonary. Our goal is to use evidence based practices to maximize our patients' outcomes and provide unparalleled individualized care to all who come to Gaspar Physical Therapy.

Gaspar Physical Therapy's Encinitas clinic is located in the beautiful seaside community of Encinitas, CA, conveniently located just off of El Camino Real. We are dedicated to providing the best care for the members of our community and are looking for someone as passionate about helping others achieve their goals as we are.

We are offering a competitive salary, profit sharing/bonus program, and benefit package, with an excellent clinic culture and wealth of knowledge/experience of our current staff. Please inquire for more details and to see why Gaspar Physical Therapy has been the choice for patients in San Diego County since 1994.

Responsibilities and Duties

Physical therapy is a dynamic profession with an established theoretical and scientific base and widespread clinical applications in the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function. Physical therapists:

Diagnose and manage movement dysfunction and enhance physical and functional abilities.

Restore, maintain, and promote not only optimal physical function but optimal wellness and fitness and optimal quality of life as it relates to movement and health.

Prevent the onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that may result from diseases, disorders, conditions, or injuries.

Qualifications and Skills

As clinicians, physical therapists engage in an examination process that includes: taking the patient/client history, conducting a systems review, and performing tests and measures to identify potential and existing problems.

To establish diagnosis, prognoses, and plans of care, physical therapists perform evaluations, synthesizing the examination data and determining whether the problems to be addressed are within the scope of physical therapist practice. Based on their judgments about diagnoses and prognoses and based on patient/client goals, physical therapists: provide interventions (the interactions and procedures used in managing and instructing patients/clients), conduct re-examinations, modify interventions as necessary to achieve anticipated goals and expected outcomes, and develop and implement discharge plans.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Continuing Education
  • Vision insurance

Key Responsibilities

The physical therapist will diagnose and manage movement dysfunction to enhance patient physical and functional abilities. They are responsible for developing, implementing, and modifying individualized treatment plans to achieve optimal wellness and patient outcomes.

Requirements

The candidate must be a qualified physical therapist capable of performing comprehensive patient examinations, including history taking and systems reviews. They must be able to synthesize clinical data to establish accurate diagnoses, prognoses, and effective plans of care.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Sports medicinePelvic floor therapyVestibular rehabilitationCardiopulmonary physical therapyEvidence-based practicePatient evaluationMovement dysfunction diagnosisTreatment planningClinical documentationDischarge planningPatient education

Physical Therapist Career Context

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (1,216 salary observations; 4,244 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,898 salary observations; 60,349 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; 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 ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $79k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$80k–$95kPhysical Therapy median $99k (middle half $90k–$133k)19 comparable listings, Nov 2026
California vs national$116k median in California$94k nationally (+24%)1,216 state / 11,898 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$79k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in California1,738 active21,909 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 52% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Physical Therapist listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,820 in the last 30 days4,435 the 30 days before (+76%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

34 jobs · 20 employers
8
<$105k
13
$105k-120k
4
$120k-135k
4
$135k-150k
5
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

33 jobs · 20 employers
401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
58% this job
Sign-on bonus
55%
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
12%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond

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#4

Home Health Physical Therapist - Glendale

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,894 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Gaspar Physical Therapy

Wellness and Fitness Services
Encinitas, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Continuing Education

Living in Encinitas

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.76M≈ 22.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,340/mo≈ 65% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.9
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.