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.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that physical therapists earned $79,830 on average in May 2011. The top tenth of physical therapists made more than $110,670 a year and the bottom tenth earned less than $54,710. Half of workers in the occupations earned annual incomes between $65,860 and $91,810.