Physical Therapists.
Physical Therapist direct-hire across outpatient, home health, hospital, and SNF settings. A persistent-demand specialty with growing operator-side urgency.
Why this niche, why now.
Physical Therapy hiring has shifted from a steady-state placement to an urgent operator priority. Outpatient PT clinics, home-health agencies, and SNF operators are losing patient volume because they can’t staff the visits. The candidate pool is regulated, geographically constrained, and getting more expensive.
We run PT engagements at the staff level (volume direct-hire), at the lead level (Clinic Directors, PT Supervisors), and at the operations level (Multi-Clinic Directors, VP of Therapy Services).
Settings we cover.
The operator types where we run PT searches most often. Specialty fit is scoped before sourcing.
- ✓Outpatient PT clinics (independent and PE-backed)
- ✓Home-health agencies (Medicare-certified)
- ✓Hospital inpatient rehabilitation and acute care
- ✓Skilled nursing and senior-living operators
- ✓Sports medicine and orthopedic-aligned practices
- ✓Pediatric therapy operators
How the engagement runs.
We work PT engagements with the same precision standards across operators.
- ✓Active state PT license verification before submission
- ✓Setting-specific experience matching (outpatient vs. home-health vs. inpatient)
- ✓Reasonable time-to-fill: 30–60 days for direct-hire PT
- ✓Productivity / patient-volume expectations clarified in the scoping call
- ✓Replacement guarantee scoped per engagement
PT comp ranges in 2026.
Typical 2026 ranges. Specific comp varies by region, setting, productivity expectations, and shift type.
- ✓Staff PT (outpatient): $75,000–$105,000
- ✓Staff PT (home health): $85,000–$125,000 (often per-visit)
- ✓Senior PT / Specialty (ortho, sports, pediatrics): $90,000–$120,000
- ✓Clinic Director / PT Supervisor: $95,000–$130,000
- ✓Multi-Clinic / Regional Director of Therapy: $115,000–$170,000
- ✓VP of Therapy Services: $160,000–$240,000
Specialize in PT? Bring your book to the network.
Two tiers, 60/40 or 70/30 in your direction. Founding cohort open. We carry the lead-flow, the AI sourcing on ProHireHQ, and the back-office. You run searches.
Where PT fits in.
The industry pillars that touch PT hiring most often.
PT recruiting,
specifically.
The questions hiring operators ask in the first scoping call.
Three paths from here.
You're hiring PT at scale or against a specific opening.
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We map the setting, the volume, and the urgency, and recommend the right model (engaged search for leadership; RPO cohort for volume; contract bench for surge). Book the call →
You're a senior recruiter with a PT niche.
Mutually confidential conversation with a senior partner about the network, the splits, and what operating in this niche inside the firm looks like. Senior partners read every application. Apply to the network →
You're benchmarking comp before the next hiring cycle.
Send us the role, the setting, and the geography. We come back with a one-page market read on local clearing comp inside one business day. No engagement letter required. Email the read request →
Tell us the setting, the volume, the urgency.
We come back inside one business day with a scoping call, a fee quote, and a market read on candidate availability.