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Market evidence report — physiotherapy-assistant
Source: 62 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 62), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| junior | 27 | 44 % |
| mid | 22 | 35 % |
| n/a | 13 | 21 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | documentation | 28 | 45 % |
| 2 | care plan implementation | 27 | 44 % |
| 3 | patient assessment | 27 | 44 % |
| 4 | physical therapy intervention | 27 | 44 % |
| 5 | regulatory compliance | 27 | 44 % |
| 6 | physical therapy assistance | 7 | 11 % |
| 7 | patient instruction | 6 | 10 % |
| 8 | physical therapy | 5 | 8 % |
| 9 | therapeutic exercise | 5 | 8 % |
| 10 | exercise instruction | 4 | 6 % |
| 11 | orthopedic rehabilitation | 4 | 6 % |
| 12 | physical therapy treatment | 4 | 6 % |
| 13 | balance training | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | clinical documentation | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | discharge planning | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | manual therapy | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | mobility assistance | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | mobility improvement | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | patient care | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | patient education | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | treatment plan modification | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trigger point therapy | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | intervention support | 27 | 44 % |
| 2 | order verification | 27 | 44 % |
| 3 | teamwork support | 27 | 44 % |
| 4 | therapy administration | 27 | 44 % |
| 5 | patient education | 9 | 15 % |
| 6 | treatment plan implementation | 5 | 8 % |
| 7 | patient treatment | 4 | 6 % |
| 8 | therapy service provision | 4 | 6 % |
| 9 | monitoring patient progress | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | patient communication | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | progress monitoring | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | treatment documentation | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 62 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
62 ads.
Top hard skills:
- documentation — 45 % (28 ads)
- care plan implementation — 44 % (27 ads)
- patient assessment — 44 % (27 ads)
- physical therapy intervention — 44 % (27 ads)
- regulatory compliance — 44 % (27 ads)
- physical therapy assistance — 11 % (7 ads)
- patient instruction — 10 % (6 ads)
- physical therapy — 8 % (5 ads)
- therapeutic exercise — 8 % (5 ads)
- exercise instruction — 6 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- AI-assisted documentation — 3 % (2 ads)
- EMR — 3 % (2 ads)
- EMR system — 3 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 3 % (2 ads)
Seniority: junior 44 % · mid 35 % · n/a 21 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Dream Job for a Skilled Physical Therapy Assistant | 27 |
| Physical Therapist Assistant | 4 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 4 |
| Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant | 3 |
| Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant - Outpatient | 2 |
| Physical Therapist Assistant- Outpatient | 2 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - Home Health | 2 |
| Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, Full-Time, M-F Days + 2 weekend days/mo; Atlantic Health M... | 1 |
| Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant-opportunity to own clinic as PTA in future/pelvic floor optional | 1 |
| MSK Physical Therapy Assistant Growth & Mentorship | 1 |
| Pediatric Physical Therapy Assistant | 1 |
| Physical Therapist Assistant - Lancaster, PA | 1 |
| PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT (FULL TIME) | 1 |
| Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Outpatient (No Weekends) | 1 |
| Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Job | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant (FT) | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - Full-time | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant- Alexandria, VA | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant Licensed | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant PRN | 1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant, Home Health Visits Senior Living | 1 |
| Travel Outpatient Physical Therapy Assistant - $1,447 per week | 1 |
| Travel Outpatient Physical Therapy Assistant - $1,604 per week | 1 |
| Travel Outpatient Physical Therapy Assistant - $1,670 per week | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.