Report
Hiring the Physical Therapy Workforce
Supply, retirement, graduation, and the math behind hiring in physical and rehab therapy
Key findings
- Ten states score Tight: pipeline, momentum, attrition and mobility are all under pressure at once.
- New graduates add about 3.9% to the resident physical therapist workforce each year, before anyone leaves.
- One in seven physical therapists, about 46,000, is 60 or older.
- Six states and DC lost resident physical therapists between 2024 and 2025.