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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.