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Medical Assistant vs Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist pays more: a median of $96,500 against $65,000. There is 2.0× more demand for Physical Therapist. Physical Therapist is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 9.9%. Listings for Medical Assistant move faster — median age 44 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Medical Assistant	Physical Therapist	Gap
Open postings	20,282	40,356	-20,074
Posted this week	830	3,573
Median salary	$65,000	$96,500	$-31.5k
25th percentile	$51.5k	$76k
75th percentile	$80.5k	$120k
Salary disclosed	3.8%	8.5%
Remote share	3.1%	13.0%	-9.9pp
Median age of posting	44d	70d
Open over 60 days	32.1%	44.7%
Visa sponsorship	12.8%	23.7%

Pay

Pay distribution

Medical Assistant

$29k$112k

Physical Therapist

$43k$167k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Medical Assistant

just posted44d median90d+

Physical Therapist

just posted70d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Medical Assistant — technologies

Kubernetes

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

dbt

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

JavaScript

41.0%

Spark

34.8%

Physical Therapist — technologies

Spark

72.0%

Kotlin

65.8%

Terraform

59.6%

Snowflake

53.4%

Java

47.2%

dbt

41.0%

Kubernetes

34.8%

Medical Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Quarry Analytics

7.2%

Pinewood Education

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

Physical Therapist — employers

Halcyon Energy

9.4%

Lakeshore Hospitality

8.7%

Meridian Software

8.0%

Vantage Logistics

7.2%

Brightline Retail

6.5%

Solstice Biotech

5.8%

Northwind Systems

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

Care Assistant vs Dental Hygienist Care Assistant vs Medical Assistant Care Assistant vs Nurse Practitioner Care Assistant vs Pharmacist Care Assistant vs Pharmacy Intern Care Assistant vs Pharmacy Technician Care Assistant vs Physical Therapist Care Assistant vs Physician Care Assistant vs Registered Nurse Care Assistant vs Therapist / Counselor Dental Hygienist vs Medical Assistant Dental Hygienist vs Nurse Practitioner Dental Hygienist vs Pharmacist Dental Hygienist vs Pharmacy Intern Dental Hygienist vs Pharmacy Technician Dental Hygienist vs Physical Therapist Dental Hygienist vs Physician Dental Hygienist vs Registered Nurse Dental Hygienist vs Therapist / Counselor Medical Assistant vs Nurse Practitioner Medical Assistant vs Pharmacist Medical Assistant vs Pharmacy Intern Medical Assistant vs Pharmacy Technician Medical Assistant vs Physician Medical Assistant vs Registered Nurse Medical Assistant vs Therapist / Counselor Nurse Practitioner vs Pharmacist Nurse Practitioner vs Pharmacy Intern Nurse Practitioner vs Pharmacy Technician Nurse Practitioner vs Physical Therapist Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Nurse Practitioner vs Registered Nurse Nurse Practitioner vs Therapist / Counselor Pharmacist vs Pharmacy Intern Pharmacist vs Pharmacy Technician Pharmacist vs Physical Therapist Pharmacist vs Physician Pharmacist vs Registered Nurse Pharmacist vs Therapist / Counselor Pharmacy Intern vs Pharmacy Technician Pharmacy Intern vs Physical Therapist Pharmacy Intern vs Physician Pharmacy Intern vs Registered Nurse Pharmacy Intern vs Therapist / Counselor Pharmacy Technician vs Physical Therapist Pharmacy Technician vs Physician Pharmacy Technician vs Registered Nurse Pharmacy Technician vs Therapist / Counselor Physical Therapist vs Physician Physical Therapist vs Registered Nurse Physical Therapist vs Therapist / Counselor Physician vs Registered Nurse Physician vs Therapist / Counselor Registered Nurse vs Therapist / Counselor

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.