1. PRACTICE SETTING FOR PTA
By Garon Etchemendy

2.  40.4% of PTA’s work in an outpatient setting
per US Labor and Statistics 2009

3. South Dakota had 215 licensed
PTA’s and 140 of them lived in
the state in 2009

4. $35,000
$40,000
$45,000
$50,000
Income By Region

5. Region Median income
Northeast $44,000
Middle Atlantic $42,500
New England $47,000
Midwest $42,000
East North Central $45,000
West North Central $41,000
South $50,000
South Atlantic $50,000
East South Central $51,000
West South Central $50,000
West $46,000
Mountain $45,000
Pacific $50,000
 Median Income of Full-time PTA’S by Geographic Region.

6. Years Worked Median income
0-3 $38,500
4-6 $43,000
7-9 $45,000
10-15 $50,000
16-20 $52,558
21-30 $52,500
31+ $55,000
 Median Income Of
PTA’S by Sex
 When grouped by
gender, it was found
men earned higher
incomes when
Females.
Female $45,000
Male $50,000

7. Midwest, West North Central
salary is around $41,000

8. 73.4
20.9
3.4 2.2
Percentage of time spent in each system
Musculoskeletal
Neuromuscular
Integumentary
Cardiopulmonary

9.  Infants
 Toddlers
 Children
 Adolescents
 Adults
 Elderly

10. Top three conditions:
Low back pain
Shoulder injury
Neck upper quadrant pain

11.  Brace fitting
 Orthotics
 Wound care
 Personal training

12.  All information was gathered from the APTA website:
www.apta.org or otherwise noted on the slides.