Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$80k–$95k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
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
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $80k–$95k | Physical 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 power | California index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in California | 1,738 active | 21,909 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 52% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Physical Therapist listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Physical Therapy listings | 7,820 in the last 30 days | 4,435 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 |
Top Physical Therapist Jobs
34 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution
34 jobs · 20 employersAnnual compensation range
Benefits & Perks
33 jobs · 20 employersShare of similar jobs offering each benefit
Physical Therapist
Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California
Physical Therapist Case Manager, Level 2: Home Health
21st Century Home Health Services · Campbell, California
Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond
$150kHome Health Physical Therapist - Glendale
$150k