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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians in Puerto Rico

Want to work as a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians in Puerto Rico? Here’s what you need to know. All physicians not listed separately.

What do Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Make in Puerto Rico?

For a physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians working in Puerto Rico, the median annual wage is $211,700 per year (or about $101.78/hour).

Wage Statistic Annual Hourly
10th percentile $31,860 $15.32
25th percentile $60,360 $29.02
Median (50th) $211,700 $101.78
75th percentile n/a n/a
90th percentile n/a n/a
Salary ranges for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians in Puerto Rico

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Puerto Rico relative to the national average — is 0.45, indicating fewer physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians per worker than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians earn a median of $117,397 per year ($56.44/hour), higher than the Puerto Rico median.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians earnings in Puerto Rico vs. the national average

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 2,053,749 physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians across the United States. In Puerto Rico alone, approximately 870 people work in this role. That trails the typical state, which employs around 4,060 physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians in Puerto Rico vs. the average state Forecasted number of jobs for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Top Puerto Rico Metros for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

The largest metro-area employers of physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians in Puerto Rico.

Metro Area Number Employed Annual Median Salary
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR 770 $153,480
Ponce, PR 30 n/a

Top States for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Employment

These states have the highest employment of physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians work.

State Number Employed
Texas 32,740
Florida 22,370
Ohio 21,770
California 20,750
Illinois 18,680
Pennsylvania 17,780
Michigan 14,570
North Carolina 14,510
New York 13,280
Maryland 9,800
Massachusetts 7,890
New Jersey 7,840
Virginia 7,680
Georgia 6,790
Washington 6,350
South Carolina 6,020
Missouri 5,230
Wisconsin 5,180
Arizona 5,150
Indiana 5,070

Highest-Paying States for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Where physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians earn the most: physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians.

State Annual Median Salary
New Jersey $238,870
New York $237,710
North Carolina $236,970
Utah $232,740
Delaware $232,180
Ohio $231,300
Rhode Island $229,340
West Virginia $228,680
Connecticut $227,720
Arizona $223,680

Skills

Key physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Critical Thinking  4.1 / 5
0
5
Active Listening  4.0 / 5
0
5
Reading Comprehension  4.0 / 5
0
5
Social Perceptiveness  4.0 / 5
0
5
Speaking  4.0 / 5
0
5
Judgment and Decision Making  3.9 / 5
0
5

Knowledge Areas

Important knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Medicine and Dentistry  5.0 / 5
0
5
Psychology  4.7 / 5
0
5
Biology  4.7 / 5
0
5
Therapy and Counseling  4.6 / 5
0
5
Education and Training  4.4 / 5
0
5
English Language  4.2 / 5
0
5

Abilities

Top abilities for physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Oral Expression  4.1 / 5
0
5
Deductive Reasoning  4.1 / 5
0
5
Problem Sensitivity  4.1 / 5
0
5
Inductive Reasoning  4.1 / 5
0
5
Oral Comprehension  4.0 / 5
0
5
Written Comprehension  4.0 / 5
0
5

Daily Tasks

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians typically:

  • Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
  • Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
  • Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
  • Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
  • Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.
  • Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
  • Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
  • Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.
  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
  • Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.
  • Instruct interns and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of temporary or permanent physically disabling conditions.

Work Activities

  • Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Documenting/Recording Information
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  • Getting Information
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Processing Information
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
  • Working with Computers

Tools & Technology

Common tools and software used in this occupation include: Hot technologies: eClinicalWorks EHR software

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Related college programs include:

  • Medicine
  • Medical Science

Related occupations to physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians include:

Also Known As

DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician), Hospitalist Physician, Interventional Pain Physician, Interventional Physiatrist, MD (Medical Doctor), Medical Director Acute Rehabilitation Unit Physiatrist, Medicine Physician, Pain Management Physician, Pain Medicine Physician, Pediatric Physiatrist, Physiatrist, Physiatrist Consultant, Physical Medicine Physician, Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Physiatrist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician (PM and R Physician).

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