APTA Physical Therapy Workforce Analysis

APTA Physical Therapy

Workforce Analysis

A Report From the American Physical Therapy Association

December 2020

Introduction

The goal of workforce planning is to optimize access to

physical therapy. By analyzing and forecasting workforce

supply and demand, it¡¯s possible to identify shortage areas,

evaluate employment potential, and bolster advocacy that

improves health care delivery.

This report uses data from multiple sources to evaluate

the physical therapy workforce as of 2019. (It is important

to emphasize that while this report was released in 2020,

the data was collected prior to the COVID-19 health crisis,

which affected employment across health care. For more

on the effects of COVID-19, see APTA¡¯s report ¡°Impact of

COVID-19 on the Physical Therapy Profession.¡±)

Data sources include APTA¡¯s membership database and

practice profile survey, the Commission on Accreditation in

Physical Therapy Education, the Federation of State Boards

of Physical Therapy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the

United States Census Bureau, and analysis by Deloitte of

the Census Bureau¡¯s American Community Survey.

You will note differences in the data from these sources.

Wherever possible, we have noted differences in how these

sources report their data.

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Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Geographic Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Number of Licensed Physical Therapists Per 100,000 People by State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Number of Licensed PTAs Per 100,000 People by State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Number of Employed Physical Therapists by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Number of Employed Physical Therapist Assistants by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

APTA Physical Therapist Membership by State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

APTA Physical Therapist Assistant Membership by State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Median Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Sex and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Median Salary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Median Salary by Sex and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Race and Ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Race and Ethnicity of Physical Therapists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Race and Ethnicity of Physical Therapist Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Race and Ethnicity of the U.S. Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Projecting the Supply and Demand of PTs Through 2030. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Physical Therapist Supply and Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PTA Projections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

APTA Workforce Planning History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Geographic Distribution

As of 2019, there were 312,716 licensed physical therapists and 127,750 licensed physical therapist assistants in the United

States, according to data from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. Based on the U.S. population, there are

95 physical therapists per 100,000 people and 39 physical therapist assistants per 100,000 people. The maps below show a

breakdown of these numbers in each state.

Number of Licensed PTs per 100,000 People by State

Number of Licensed Physical Therapists per 100,000 People by State

66

94

98

78

68

65

113

54

84

82

60

89

55

66

110

113 90

77

74

52

52

58

62

61

65

57

56

93

74

71

54

48

89

73

80

38

117

112

62

109

76

34 76

Washington, D.C.

55

52

42

44

59

56

67

43

34

117

Number of Licensed PTAs per 100,000 People by State

Number of Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants per 100,000 People by State

27

17

27

31

37

20

33

15

31

22

44

30

23

42

24

56

39

20

45

28

48

45

40

32

53

43

17

17

67

45

34

36

41

23 53

41

49

18

27

19

27

2 40

Washington, D.C.

31

40

52

17

29

44

14

6

2

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The maps below show the U.S. distribution of PT and PTA employment as of 2019, according to data from the Bureau of

PT Employment

by State

Labor

Statistics.

Number of Employed Physical Therapists by State

6,160

640

1,150

4,670

1,390

2,890

5,590

8,060

480

1,890

5,100

2,340

2,300

1,380

760

1,250

7,540

3,930

1,100

11,800

7,860

10,170 5,050 8,220

4,540

610

Washington, D.C.

1,260

1,070

4,490

2,650

6,720

21,730

3,600

17,710

2,080

1,660

1,570

1,270

920

4,920

1,990

1,630

15,400

6,310

3,170

2,770

5,430

2,960

13,750

640

790

21,730

480

PTA Employment by State

Number of Employed Physical Therapist Assistants by State

1,580

130

280

1,590

280

590

810

3,540

170

800

1,500

1,240

1,550

600

5,330

3,980 2,620 6,040

5,750

2,900

5,410

1,030

650

470

350

1,600

2,480

1,570

3,290

1,370

810

7,550

760

150

330

2,520

630 390

1,420

1,880

190 340

2,930

Washington, D.C.

2,820

1,580

1,790

2,570

1,490

6,780

240

190

130

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