PT Job Outlook in the year 2025?

[lmcjose]

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Hi,

I was curious to know if you think there will be PT jobs for NEW PT GRADS in the year 2025 (specifically in SoCal), or will the job market be saturated by then?

Any input/opinion is greatly appreciated! Thank You!🙂

 

[jblil]

We can't even forecast the weather reliably one month in advance, and you're asking about something 9 years away...

My guess: yes, there will be jobs. How much they pay, I do not know.

And BTW, please don't double-post the same questions in both Pre-PT and PT forums.

 

[lmcjose]

We can't even forecast the weather reliably one month in advance, and you're asking about something 9 years away...

My guess: yes, there will be jobs. How much they pay, I do not know.

And BTW, please don't double-post the same questions in both Pre-PT and PT forums.

Hi @jblil,

Sorry I apologize 🙁

Just curious to gather some people's opinions and thoughts. I have some kids who are finishing high school and might be considering going to PT school (after they finish their Bachelor's) later on. They're afraid that they will have trouble finding jobs as new PT grads (in SoCal) which would possibly be around the year 2025.

Thank you for your honest thoughts/guess! Greatly appreciated!🙂

 

[jblil]

With the greying of the American population, there will definitely be an increased need for healthcare personnel. I would advise your kids to take undergrad classes that can serve as pre-reqs to a wide variety of healthcare professions: PT, nursing, med school, PA, OT, etc. Do not major in kinesiology or exercise science as those degrees are not very useful (or lucrative) and only serve as a stepping-stone to grad school. By the time they are in their senior year in college, they'd probably have a better feel for what they really want to do. Heck, they may want to become musicians and start their own band. The son of one of my friends did just that.

 

[NJ DPT HOPEFUL]

As a current SPT that majored in exercise science, I would also recommend majoring in something else. If I hadn't gotten into PT school the degree would have been mostly useless. I had a gap year and I needed to use a good connection to get a per diem job in exercise physiology and it took about 3 month until I got a routine schedule (about 30 hr a week at 20/hr). With a better degree I could have made a much larger dent in my school costs during that year.