Specialty of Pediatric Surgery Defined Pediatric surgery is defined as the diagnostic, operative, and postoperative surgical care of patients from prenatal diagnosis through adolescence with congenital and acquired anomalies and diseases, be they developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic, or traumatic.
According to the study cited in this Advance Healthcare article, entry-level physical therapists made an average of $66,545 in 2011, whereas PTs with 16 or more years of experience earned an average salary of $84,656.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, www.bls.gov), physical therapists earned a median salary of $82,390 in May 2014. In addition, the BLS reported that this was the median yearly salary for the 200,670 people employed as physical therapists. The bottom ten percent earned $56,800 and the top ten percent earned $116,090.