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National City, California

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$64-$72/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

  • Position: Physical Therapist
  • Location: National City, Ca
  • Department: Physical Therapy
  • Shifts Available: Per Diem, Days
  • Pay: up to $512 - $576 gross pay per shift
  • Assignment Length: 12 weeks

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Responsibilities

Provides medically prescribed consultative and therapeutic services in order to restore function and prevent disability in patients with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary and/or integumentary disorders. The Physical Therapist performs responsibilities in accordance with Physical Therapy/Hospital Policy, state and federal regulatory licensing and accrediting requirements.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Bachelor/ Masters/ Doctorate/Certificate degree in Physical Therapy.2. Current state Physical Therapy license.3. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.

4. Minimum one (1) year of Physical Therapist experience required

Pay Transparency

Premiere Healthcare Staffing offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $64.00 to $72.00. This compensation estimate is specific to California and has not been adjusted for any other geographic location.

The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Musculoskeletal CareCardiopulmonary CareIntegumentary CarePatient RehabilitationBLS CertificationClinical Documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 42% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (1,541 salary observations; 3,953 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,993 salary observations; 57,271 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$141k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $128k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution27 jobs

4
<$100k
1
$106k
6
$120k-140k
14
$140k-160k
2
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
36%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
15%
Loan repayment
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Home Health Physical TherapistPer Diem

Transition Care Telemetry · San Juan Capistrano, California

$80-$110/hr
#2

Home Care Physical Therapist- Independent Contractor (Union County)Contract

US Physical Therapy · Union County, New Jersey

$74-$95/hr
#3

Home Care Physical Therapist- Per Diem (Ocean County)

$72-$95/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Acute Care

$63.78-$89.28/hr
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,012 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in National City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$710k
Typical market rent
$2,457/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.9
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

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

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

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About Premiere Healthcare Staffing

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Ontario, California
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Benefits & Perks

Award-winning hospital partners
Dedicated career specialists
Immediate and flexible opportunities