Money Magazine (online version) notes the top 10 fastest growing jobs in the United States. Therapy related jobs made 3 out of the top 10 which is pretty impressive.
Physical Therapy Assistants was the highest at #3 with 44.20% growth (Physician Assistant and Software Engineer were the only ones higher and not by much).
Physical Therapist Jobs made #5 at 36.74% and Occupational Therapy Assistants made it at #9 at 34.10% job growth.
The article itself focuses on the Physical Therapy Assistant career which averages $42,000 in annual salary. They forecast that by 2014, PTA Jobs will be plentiful- 84,605 to be exact. These figures are typically for those with permanent pt or pta jobs. Salaries and job growth for those traveling as Physical, Occupational and even Speech Therapists tend to be even higher (with better benefits)!
Read more on the article here: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2006/snapshots/51.html