Physical Therapist: Helps people recover movement and manage pain after injuries, surgeries, or illness. Typical pay $101k.
Occupational Therapist: Helps people do the everyday activities that matter to them: dressing, cooking, writing, working, playing. Typical pay $98k.
Speech-Language Pathologist: Treats problems with speech, language, voice, stuttering, and swallowing. Typical pay $95k.
Respiratory Therapist: Helps patients breathe, from premature babies to COVID patients to people with asthma. Typical pay $80k.
Orthotist & Prosthetist: Designs, builds, and fits artificial limbs and custom braces. Typical pay $78k.
Certified Hand Therapist: An OT or PT who specializes in rehabilitating hands, wrists, and arms after injuries and surgery. Typical pay $100k.
Kinesiotherapist: Uses exercise and movement training to rehabilitate patients, especially veterans. Typical pay $70k.
Driver Rehabilitation Specialist: Helps people with disabilities or after injuries learn to drive safely again, often with special vehicle controls. Typical pay $82k.
Athletic Trainer: Prevents, evaluates, and treats injuries for athletes, performers, soldiers, and workers. Typical pay $60k.
Exercise Physiologist: Designs exercise programs to help patients with heart disease, diabetes, or lung problems get healthier. Typical pay $58k.
Recreational Therapist: Uses activities like sports, games, art, and outings to help people recover and live fuller lives. Typical pay $60k.
Music Therapist: Uses music, singing, and songwriting to help people heal physically and emotionally. Typical pay $57k.
Physical Therapist Assistant: Carries out treatment plans designed by physical therapists, guiding patients through exercises. Typical pay $66k.
Occupational Therapy Assistant: Helps patients practice daily-living skills under an occupational therapist's plan. Typical pay $68k.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist: Physical therapist who treats bladder, bowel, and pelvic pain problems, often after childbirth. Typical pay $102k.
Vestibular Therapist: Therapist who treats dizziness, vertigo, and balance problems from inner-ear and brain issues. Typical pay $100k.
Lymphedema Therapist: OT or PT who treats swelling from damaged lymph systems, often after cancer surgery. Typical pay $92k.
Dance/Movement Therapist: Uses dance and movement as therapy for emotional, social, and physical healing. Typical pay $62k.
Seating & Mobility Specialist: Fits people with custom power and manual wheelchairs that match their bodies and lives. Typical pay $72k.
Horticultural Therapist: Uses gardening and plants as therapy in hospitals, rehab centers, and prisons. Typical pay $63k.
Singing Voice Specialist: Voice coach or speech therapist who helps singers, teachers and actors recover from vocal injuries, working alongside throat doctors. Typical pay $72k.
Aquatic Therapist: Physical or occupational therapist who uses warm pools to help patients exercise and heal when moving on land hurts too much. Typical pay $98k.
Pediatric Feeding Therapist: Speech or occupational therapist who teaches babies and kids to eat safely, from preemies learning to suck to toddlers who refuse food. Typical pay $88k.
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Speech-Language Pathology Assistant: Runs speech and language practice sessions under the supervision of an SLP, usually in schools. Typical pay $48k.
Physical Therapy Aide: Keeps a PT clinic running by setting up equipment, cleaning, and helping patients move. Typical pay $35k.
Orthotic & Prosthetic Technician: Builds and repairs artificial limbs and braces in the lab from the clinician's designs. Typical pay $46k.
Pedorthist: Designs, modifies, and fits therapeutic shoes and foot orthotics. Typical pay $50k.
Certified Mastectomy Fitter: Fits breast cancer survivors with breast forms and post-surgery garments. Typical pay $42k.
Occupational Therapy Aide: Helps occupational therapists by setting up therapy rooms, preparing activities and helping patients practice everyday skills. Typical pay $39k.
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