Healthcare Practitioners

Physical Therapists

SOC 29-1123

Help patients recover movement and manage pain after injury or illness.

Median pay

$103k

$86k to $121k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

13k openings / yr

Education

Doctoral (DPT)

AI exposure

44%

modeled estimate · 61th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

78/100

Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Writing
Monitoring

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.