Physical Therapist - PT

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$83,928

The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday

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Job Description

  • Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
  • Waxahachie, TX
  • Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Acute
  • Full Time
  • Shift: Monday - Thursday (10:30am - 9pm)
  • Starting salary: $83,928.00
  • Sign on bonus: $5,500

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie is a community hospital that provides quality care to Ellis County and surrounding communities. It offers a wide range of medical services including back and neck care, cancer care, diabetes care, digestive diseases, emergency care, and many more.

Our medical center is dedicated to serving everyone through exemplary healthcare, education, research, and community service. At Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation (BSWIR) at Waxahachie, we love acute care and all the inherent complexities including the fast pace environment.

This is where the patient's journey starts, whether a trauma, myocardial infarction, orthopedic surgery, stroke, or intensive care stay. Working in this challenging environment takes a robust professional support and development system, and we have worked hard to create just that.

From the New Graduate Program to Advance Proactive Mentoring, Board Certification, or preparing you as a clinical instructor, we have the programs to support your success.

Benefits of Becoming a Therapist with Us

We strive to provide our employees with a solid work-life balance, as we understand that happy employees have both fulfilling careers and fulfilling lives beyond our doors.

  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance; Life insurance; Prescription coverage
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID)
  • A 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • Personal and Family Medical Leave
  • Clinical Ladder Program
  • New Grad Mentorship

Residency Programs

  • We currently offer six professional residency programs that you would be eligible to apply for Ortho, Pelvic Health, Sports, Neuro, Acute, and Oncology
  • In-house NAIOMT program for manual therapy advancement with fellowship opportunities
  • Clinical Ladder - Opportunity for staff clinicians to bonus an additional $2000 - $3500 based on extra-curricular activities
  • National education courses and local online CEU library free to full-time employees
  • Potential annual bonus based on overall clinic performance
  • Student loan repayment assistance

Responsibilities

  • Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
  • Timely and accurate documentation
  • Interpreting assessment/diagnostic data including medical notes and surgery reports
  • Ensuring medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement
  • Instructing and counseling patients/families as needed

Qualifications

  • Current state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required

#BSWIR - Inpatient

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Physical therapyClinical assessmentOrthopedic surgery recoveryStroke rehabilitationIntensive care supportBLS certificationPatient counseling

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 36% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (506 salary observations; 4,423 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (9,671 salary observations; 51,402 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$84k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$84k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution29 jobs · 22 employers

15
<$105k
9
$105k-120k
2
$120k-135k
2
$135k-150k
1
$150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
79% this job
Sign-on bonus
75% this job
Loan repayment
54% this job
Relocation assistance
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.5
Below most Physical Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,203 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Waxahachie

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$335k≈ 4.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,777/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
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 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Inpatient

Hospitals and Health Care
Dallas, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
Life insurance
Prescription coverage
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Extended Illness Days (EID)
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Short and Long Term Disability
Personal and Family Medical Leave