Patient Care Technicians vs Physical Therapist Assistants
Compare Patient Care Technicians and Physical Therapist Assistants side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Physical Therapist Assistants pays about $20k more.
Median pay$48k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 9%, modeled
EducationPostsecondary cert
Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoring
Median pay$68k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 14%, modeled
EducationAssociate's
Active ListeningSpeakingMonitoringReading ComprehensionWriting
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.