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Median annual earnings of physical therapist assistants were $41,360 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $33,840 and $49,010. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $26,190, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $57,220. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of physical therapist assistants in May 2006 were:
Home health care services $46,390
Nursing care facilities 44,460
Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists 40,780
General medical and surgical hospitals 40,670
Offices of physicians 39,290
Not too bad for an associate's degree!
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