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	Orthotists and Prosthetists	Occupational Therapists	Physical Therapists	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	Physical Therapist Assistants
SUMMARY	12% Minimal Risk	10% Minimal Risk	13% Minimal Risk	9% Minimal Risk	18% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	7.5/10	8.9/10	9.0/10	8.1/10	7.3/10
POLLING	31% (Low Risk, Based on 40 votes)	19.7% (Minimal Risk, Based on 338 votes)	23% (Low Risk, Based on 761 votes)	19.2% (Minimal Risk, Based on 546 votes)	34% (Low Risk, Based on 66 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	13.3%	13.8%	10.9%	5.2%	22.0%
WAGES	$78,310 or $37.65 per hour	$98,340 or $47.27 per hour	$101,020 or $48.56 per hour	$106,950 or $51.41 per hour	$65,510 or $31.49 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	9,930	152,280	248,630	21,860	108,010
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DESCRIPTION	Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.	Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.	Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.	Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological, agricultural, and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.	Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

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