DPT = 100k?

[AzN989]

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The school that I am currently looking at has graduates making 60k - 80k right out of college. I figure I am somewhat around the average student, maybe a little more studious. Soo, if I start off with around 72k a year, when will my salary start to peak off? 100k? I have looked at jobs around my area (careerbuilder) and some places do offer base salaries as 100k but I am not sure if it would be likely to get any higher...

 

[myr11]

Just out of curiosity what information gave you those figures for the graduates of the school you are referring too? As far as finding 100k jobs on career builder, I hate to be pessimistic but those were most likely job advertisements from staffing companies who inflate the salary to attract people. The staffing companies also make a commission of that 100k. Just understand that what you are payed as a PT all depends on how much you can bill for the business and right now insurance companies are really giving this profession a hard time.

 

[jesspt]

In the outpatient ortho setting, I'd think you could make the low end of that range, but i've never seen a new grad get 80.

 

[AzN989]

I got it from the school website.. http://www.usp.edu/profiles/careers.shtml 60k to 80k...

 

[myr11]

I am sure you will be able to get offers of 60 to maybe 70 as a new grad but I wouldn't think much more than that as a new grad. What your salary will peak off at will depend on a lot of factors. If you remain just a staff Physical Therapist then you will peak off at a lot less then if you were to move into a management position, and even more if you become a partial owner, and even more if you eventually have your own practice.

 

[freddydpt]

Home care actually pays very well. I knew someone pulling in ~120, working 50 or so hours/wk and moving up into management. His wife got great benefits so his company didn't need to offer him those.

 

[Bad0 Fish0]

It really depends on where you're willing to work. Like Freddy said, home health pays well. I posted an outpatient ortho job offer on here several months back that offered a starting salary of $90k to new grads with great benefits and tuition reimbursement. I looked into it further and it was legit and it was NOT a staffing company. However, it was in Laredo, TX (on the border) with a mostly Spanish-speaking patient population, in a pretty dangerous city in the middle of nowhere. But if you have loans to pay off and nothing tying you down, it's not a bad option. Obviously, the more kush jobs in the more kush areas are going to pay on the lower end. In my city, that means about $60k starting out.