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    Outpatient to Home Health: Oregon PTA Work

    Travel PTAs in Oregon work mostly around Portland's skilled nursing, outpatient, and home health caseloads, with the valley towns and Bend adding smaller boards. The assistant role runs the treatment day a PT plans, and Oregon buildings tend to schedule it thoughtfully rather than at maximum density. The market turns over slowly here, so an open posting is generally worth a same-day conversation.

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    Oregon PTA Demand, Local and National

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    The national PTA growth and openings figures anchor this strip (BLS, 2024-2034); the Oregon jobs and pay tiles refresh independently from the listings on this page.

    11 Physical Therapy Assistant contracts are open in Oregon right now, with +2 added in the last 7 days and 1 already filled. Open postings have been live about 24 days on average.

    11
    Open Physical Therapy Assistant jobs
    24 days
    Median time active
    +2
    Added last 7 days
    22%
    Projected national PTA growth, 2024-2034 · physical therapist assistants (BLS)
    Why demand stays strong
    111,500
    Physical therapist assistants employed nationally, 2024 (BLS)
    ~19,800/yr
    Projected national annual openings, physical therapist assistants (BLS, 2024-2034)
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    State license or certification · physical therapist assistants

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · PTA · Oregon

    PTA Pay Across Oregon, Metro by Metro

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    Oregon PTA rates vary between Portland and Willamette Valley programs and coastal or rural assignments. Review PT availability, visit scheduling, documentation, weekend needs, territory size, winter travel, parking, and multi-site coverage.

    Highest weekly pay · Physical Therapy Assistant
    Portland
    $2,118
    McMinnville
    $1,881
    Salem
    $1,657
    Medford
    $1,587
    Grants Pass
    $1,445
    Redmond
    $1,445
    Tigard
    $1,429
    Sheridan
    $1,342

    Oregon PTA contracts center on Portland's SNFs, outpatient clinics, and home health territories, with Eugene, Salem, and Bend adding smaller-market volume. Weekly totals run a tier under PT rates, and Portland housing does the same work on stipends that it does for every discipline. Outside the metro, cheaper rents can make a smaller number net out ahead. The assistant market turns over less commonly than PT here, so when the posted figure beside a metro moves, it generally reflects a real opening worth a same-day question.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Oregon PTA Credentials and the Compact

    Physical therapist assistants execute the plan of care a PT writes, treating patients across SNFs, subacute units, clinics, and home health. Oregon is a PT Compact member whose privileges include PTAs, so a qualifying home-state license lets you work on a privilege, after the Oregon jurisprudence exam and an email to the board with your work details, in place of a separate Oregon license. The entry credential is a CAPTE-accredited PTA associate degree and the national NPTE. Oregon publishes its PTA employment trends through O*NET; nationally the occupation is projected to grow 22% for 2024-2034.

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    PTA Travel in Oregon: Your Questions, Answered

    What is the fastest route through state requirements for an Oregon PTA contract?
    Oregon extends PT Compact privileges to assistants as well, so a purchased privilege replaces a new state application. Purchase is per state; if your home state does not participate, endorsement into an Oregon license is the fallback. In Oregon, across Oregon, sorted early, none of the Oregon process touches the first shift.
    What supervision model should a PTA confirm in Oregon?
    What the building actually expects per day, not what the posting implies is the first thing to pin down. Your schedule comes from the supervising PT's plan of care, and daily visit counts in skilled nursing and subacute settings move with census, acuity, and how the therapy team divides work.
    How broad is the Oregon market for traveling PTAs?
    Physical therapist assistants execute the plan of care a PT writes, treating patients across SNFs, subacute units, clinics, and home health. Oregon is a PT Compact member whose privileges include PTAs, so a qualifying home- state license lets you work on a privilege, after the Oregon jurisprudence exam and an email to the board with your work details, in place of a separate Oregon license.
    When comparing contracts, which assignment details can outweigh a higher posted rate in Oregon?
    Portland and the Willamette Valley run outpatient, hospital, and inpatient rehab, while Salem, Eugene, and the regional and rural towns carry outpatient, skilled-nursing, and home-health work. A complete contract review includes supervision model, caseload, productivity target, and documentation support. The weekly number alone is not the basis for the Oregon choice.