Salary for physical therapy aide occupational therapy aide?

Please be aware that there are NO certification programs for the PT aide or OT aide. The PT or OT aide probably does make minimum wage as someone else mentioned. The OT/PT aide generally transports patients to and from therapy, cleans equipment, answers phones and makes appointments. The OT or PT Assistant, however, has an associate (two-year) degree in OT or PT and has successfully completed the clinical fieldwork experience components and passed a national certification exam. Please realize that both the OT and PT field may be physically and psychologically (mentally) draining albeit I'm sure rewarding. For general career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search. To search for accredited programs in OTA: http://www.aota.org For accredited programs in PTA: http://www.apta.org U.S. colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ Please job shadow/observe in the various departments that an OT or PT will work even though having an actual patient caseload is totally different from observing or volunteering :)