Physical therapist - Salary, Career

How much does an Physical therapist earn

A Physical therapist earns between $1.655 and $6.177 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.987 and a median salary of $2.880 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 38.101 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Physical therapist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.987	35.849	747	19
1º Quartile	1.655	19.858	414	11
Median Salary	2.880	34.560	720	19
3º Quartile	4.711	56.527	1.178	31
Higher Salary	6.177	74.120	1.544	40

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of biological sciences, health
- - medical professionals, health
- - - physical therapists

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Physical Therapists they work in the areas of health, education and social services, on a liberal basis and/or with an employment relationship or in the provision of outsourced services, individually or in multidisciplinary teams. They work in offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, homes, clubs, communities, schools and industries, indoors or outdoors, day and night. May remain in uncomfortable positions for long periods or be exposed to biopathogenic elements.

What does it take to work in the field of Physical Therapists

For the exercise of these occupations, a higher education course in the field of physiotherapy is required, with registration with the relevant professional council.

Functions and activities of Physical therapist

Physical Therapists must:

establish physiotherapeutic diagnosis;

serving clients and patients;

service clients and patients;

educar em sa�de;

exercer technical-scientific activities;

establish physiotherapy diagnosis;

implement intervention actions;

work safely;

educate in health;

demonstrate personal skills;

plan intervention strategies;

serve clients and patients;

exercise technical-scientific activities;

attending clients and patients;

perform technical-scientific activities;

communicate;

evaluate clients and patients;

apply physiotherapeutic technological assessment;

educating in health;

applying physiotherapeutic technological assessment;

manage health services;

educar em sa�de;

Activities

interpret complementary exams;

issue technical-administrative opinions;

teaching techniques for functional independence;

develop evaluation and treatment protocol;

manage mechanical ventilation;

teach procedures for independent and semi-dependent mobility;

define strategies;

re-educating posture;

enabling clients and patients to use orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

adapt environment to treatment;

restoring joint and visceral function;

monitoring clinical evolution;

delivering lectures and courses;

schedule compensatory breaks;

demonstrate hand skill;

evaluate subluxation complexes;

evaluate quality of life at work;

evaluate functional tests of the patient on the horse;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for neurofunctional disorders;

adapt facilitation instruments;

identify risk situations;

apply labor gymnastics;

select horse for therapy;

stimulate adherence and continuity of treatment;

evaluate orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

evaluate quality of life;

reeducating respiratory function;

creating facilitation tools;

mediate clinical meetings;

adapting facilitation instruments;

evaluate sensory-perceptive and pain functions;

evaluate material conformity;

develop eligibility criteria;

establish nexus of ergonomic functional kinesiological cause;

establish chiropractic causal link;

participate in interdisciplinary technical discussion;

select equipment and materials;

reeducating posture;

propose changes in life habits;

organize education groups;

issue labor claims nexus reports;

correct the work operating mode;

restoring neuro-sensory-cognitive-motor functions;

implement awareness, correction and design actions;

demonstrate emotional balance;

prescribe therapy;

establish prognosis;

select acupuncture points;

define objectives;

analyze workflow;

provide advice;

demonstrate observation skills;

participate in the development of quality of life programs;

recondition high performance athlete;

perform instrument disinfection;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

issue technical opinions;

organize task rotation;

perform ventilatory weaning and extubation;

promote morpho-functional performance improvement;

identify functional energetic changes;

evaluate neurovegetative functions;

establish a nexus of osteopathic cause;

operate equipment, materials and devices;

monitor clinical evolution;

supervise internships;

discharge clients and patients;

determine sports performance conditions;

give lectures and courses;

re-adapt clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);

define conduct and procedures;

use epi;

discard contaminated materials;

minimize risks;

present technical-scientific work;

discard sharps;

re-adapting clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);

perform acupuncture evaluation;

evaluate musculoskeletal functions;

evaluate neuro-sensory-cognitive-motor functions;

deal with the public;

develop projects;

evaluate selection processes;

encourage adherence and continuity of treatment;

develop preventive and health promotion programs;

establish discharge parameters;

applying chiropractic techniques;

prescribing orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

demonstrate horse handling skill;

adapt workflow;

demonstrate perception ability;

apply eligibility criteria;

establish a nexus of visceral functional kinesiological cause;

overcoming adverse situations;

evaluate integumentary functions;

adapt working conditions to the worker's abilities;

prepare functional physical activity programs;

establish a nexus of respiratory cause;

evaluate kinetic-functional functions;

perform cardiorespiratory reconditioning;

evaluate joint and visceral functions;

stipulate standard use equipment and materials;

reeducar gait;

establish a dermato-functional cause nexus;

minimize risk;

evaluate ergonomic conditions;

adjust the job;

perform practical research;

demonstrate perseverance;

issue technical-functional report;

demonstrate communication skills;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for neonatology;

reorienting therapeutic conduct;

apply non-invasive ventilation;

adapt structures to patients and clients;

transmit security;

select microsystems;

coordinate teams;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for musculoskeletal disorders;

participate in the implementation of public health policies;

enabling clients and patients to use orthotics, prostheses and adaptations;

redirecting therapeutic conduct;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for cardiac disorders;

reintegrate worker to work;

establish a nexus of energetic functional kinesiological cause;

stipulate equipment and materials for standard use;

present technical-scientific works;

work as a team;

implementing ergonomic culture;

re-adapt clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily living/sports);

order acupuncture points;

establish a traumatic-orthopedic causal link;

demonstrate communication skills;

adapt work environment;

establish acupuncture causal nexus;

re-educating gait;

demonstrate dynamism;

develop educational material;

define epidemiological indicators and accident and incident rates;

request material replacement;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for respiratory disorders;

provide consultancy;

applying uro-obstetra-gynecological physiotherapeutic techniques;

define frequency and time of intervention;

elaborate selection processes;

applying physiotherapeutic techniques for vascular disorders;

evaluate micro movement dysfunctions and instabilities;

identify performance indicators;

re-adapting clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily living/sports);

issue certificates;

guiding clients, patients, family members and caregivers;

refer clients and patients to other professionals;

budget services, equipment and materials;

guide work team professionals;

request equipment maintenance;

evaluate respiratory functions;

reevaluate intervention strategies;

applying dermato-functional physiotherapeutic techniques;

teaching working procedures;

deliver lectures and courses;

coordinate study groups;

demonstrate creativity;

establish a neuro-functional causal nexus;

rehabilitate clients and patients in the avd (activities of daily living) in the avde (activities of daily life/sports);

applying osteopathic techniques;

specify care capacity;

reorienting therapeutic conduct;

evaluate physical and typological constitution;

identify potential of clients and patients;

collect data from clients and patients (anamnesis);

demonstrate initiative;

analyze costs;

assemble equipment;

supervise teams;

organize technical-scientific events;

evaluate cardiac functions;

participate in the elaboration of public health policies;

apply traditional chinese medicine techniques and acupuncture;

report;

request additional tests;

detect babies at risk of neuropsychomotor development in neonatal intensive care;

establish a nexus of cardiological and vascular causes;

developing skills of clients and patients;

record procedures and evolution of clients and patients;

interpret epidemiological indicators and accident and incident rates;

participate in technical-scientific events;

testing equipment;

Sectors that hire Physical therapist the most in the job market

hospital care activities
physical therapy activities
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
aesthetic activities and other beauty care services
health management support activities
temporary labor lease
nursing activities
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
general public administration

Physical therapist - Career description, activities, functions and salary