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Physical Therapy Assistant · Washington
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    Washington's PTA Compact, Simplified

    Puget Sound anchors Washington's travel PTA market, with skilled nursing, outpatient, and home health caseloads from Tacoma to Everett and Spokane holding the eastern side. The role is hands-on delivery of a PT's plan, and schedule density varies enough by building that the treatment-count question belongs in every screening call. East-side contracts trade smaller totals for much cheaper housing, and that trade commonly wins.

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    Washington PTA Demand, Local and National

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    Use the Washington tiles for current openings and pay, then place that current market beside Washington's current long-term PTA projection and the national BLS outlook.

    8 Physical Therapy Assistant contracts are open in Washington right now, with +2 added in the last 7 days and 1 already filled. Open postings have been live about 31 days on average.

    8
    Open Physical Therapy Assistant jobs
    31 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)
    Required
    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 · Washington

    Washington PTA Rates, City by City

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    Washington PTA packages can differ between Seattle or Tacoma teams, Spokane departments, and community-based services. Compare PT availability, reassessment cadence, documentation, ferry or parking costs, commute, backup coverage, and patient travel.

    Highest weekly pay · Physical Therapy Assistant
    Olympia
    $1,835
    Federal Way
    $1,832
    Seattle
    $1,832
    Richland
    $1,810
    Lacey
    $1,801
    Spanaway
    $1,668
    Pasco
    $1,429
    Aberdeen
    $1,388

    Washington's PTA openings run through Puget Sound SNFs, outpatient clinics, and home health, with Spokane adding an eastern base at cheaper rents. Totals hold a tier below PT for the same buildings, and Seattle-area stipends are built for Seattle rents, so the east-side trade commonly nets out. Assistant caseloads in skilled nursing here can be schedule-dense; ask what a treatment day actually looks like and how PT supervision is structured before comparing offers on rate.

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

    Washington's PTA Compact Route, No Exam

    Washington is a smooth compact state: it belongs to the PT Compact, the privileges cover physical therapist assistants, and currently it asks for no state jurisprudence exam, so a member home-state license carries you in on a privilege rather than a separate Washington license. A PTA here implements the physical therapist's plan of care, exercise, gait and mobility training, manual techniques, and modalities under supervision, across Seattle's academic and hospital rehab, Tacoma's outpatient sites, and Spokane's eastern-side coverage. The entry credential is a CAPTE-accredited PTA associate degree and the national NPTE. Washington lists PTA employment trend data on O*NET; the BLS national projection is 22% growth with about 19,800 openings a year.

    Related travel jobs: PT Assistant jobs in Arizona, Physical Therapy jobs in Washington, and Occupational Therapy jobs in Washington.

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    Washington PTA Contracts: Common Questions

    Is the licensing paperwork a hurdle for PTA contracts in Washington?
    The compact lens applies to Washington PTA licensure: active membership means privileges, not applications, for eligible travelers. In Washington, the privilege attaches to your home-state PTA license, which must come from an active member state and remain in good standing.
    What should be complete before a Washington PTA start?
    Washington accepts PT Compact privileges for PTAs and currently lists no jurisprudence exam for the privilege. Eligible travelers can use the state-specific privilege; others need the Washington PTA license. In this market, in Washington's PTA market, on this page the Washington cards print pay and distance together for a direct read.
    What makes a Washington PTA contract a good match for recent setting experience?
    A PTA here implements the physical therapist's plan of care, exercise, gait and mobility training, manual techniques, and modalities under supervision, across Seattle's academic and hospital rehab, Tacoma's outpatient sites, and Spokane's eastern-side coverage. The distance sort on this page turns that into a ranked Washington shortlist quickly, a point that plays out across Washington contracts.
    Are Washington PTA assignments concentrated in one metro?
    Washington's PTA demand clusters where its systems do: the Seattle-Tacoma corridor carries the deepest facility bench, Spokane anchors the east side, and the mid-size markets between them post steadily. On this page, a ZIP anchor in either hub re-sorts the listings by distance with posted weekly pay on each card.
    What belongs in a side-by-side Washington PTA comparison?
    A side-by-side Washington PTA comparison works on four levers: productivity target, documentation support, travel radius, and supervision model. Those separate the available contracts far faster than rate alone, because Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane each carry a different setting mix. For PTA work in Washington, the right choice is the work arrangement, not only the pay.