Long Branch, New Jersey. Long Branch is a beach side city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 30,719, reflecting a decline of 621 (-2.0%) from the 31,340 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,682 (+9.4%) from the 28,658 counted in the 1990 Census.
Physical therapist assistants here earn an average of $62,050 per year. The second highest average salaries ($58,620 annually) are earned by Cleveland-based PTAs. Physical therapist assistants in Morristown earn an average salary of $57,130, the third highest average for PTAs in the state. For more details on physical therapist assistant salaries in Tennessee, see the chart below provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014):
On a very basic level, for starting out physical therapy assistants, fresh out of their physical therapy assistant schools, each with less than a year of experience, the average physical therapy assistant salary is close to $18 an hour. That amounts to about $35k per year in salary, not including taxes. The average physical therapy assistant salary for someone who's stayed at the same job for a few years goes as high as $24 per hour if the physical therapy assistants in question remain for up to four years, and $26, if they stay for nine. Over a year, those hourly wages work out to about $50k and $55k, respectively.