Hire physical therapy assistants in California in 28 days
Hiring data, sources and FAQ for physical therapy assistants in California
There are 3,646 physical therapy assistants to hire from in California, the 3rd largest pool in the country and 5.8% of the 62,440 nationwide. Kandidate reaches them directly, from your inbox, rather than waiting on applicants. The pay figure is a Kandidate estimate built from public salary sources.
Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS), as of 2026-08-10. Counts are providers with a practice address in the state.
Questions this page answers
How long does it take to hire a physical therapy assistant in California?
About 28 days, modelled from the difficulty index, not an observed average, against 44+ days for a typical unaided US hire (SHRM 2024). Roughly 4,000 similar roles were posted in the last 30 days, extrapolated from a job-board sample of title variants.
How many physical therapy assistants can we reach in California?
3,646 physical therapy assistants hold a practice address in California on the Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS) as of 2026-08-10, 5.8% of the 62,440 nationally. Kandidate reaches them directly rather than waiting on applicants.
What does it cost to hire a physical therapy assistant in California?
Budget around $91,560 a year in pay. That is the Kandidate market estimate, the midpoint of public salary sources (glassdoor.com $100,010, globalcybers.com $83,110) researched on 2026-09-14. It is a synthesised figure, not an observed payroll.
- Licensed in California
- 3,646
- Rank among states
- 3rd of 55
- Share of the US pool
- 5.8% of 62,440
Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS), as of 2026-08-10.
Physical therapy assistants elsewhere: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
Other roles in California: Nurse practitioners, Occupational therapists, Physical therapists, Physician assistants, Physicians, Registered nurses, Speech-language pathologists.
Every role and state, or the map on the Talent Graph. Machine-readable copy: hire-latest.json.