Hiring/New Mexico/Physical Therapists

Physical Therapists hiring difficulty in Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, NM scores 3.3 out of 10 for Physical Therapists, in the standard band of the public market difficulty score. In New Mexico, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.5%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 33.6 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median of $103,510 a year is within 3 percent of the U.S. median of $102,760 and under the New Mexico median of $106,880 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). This occupation's share of jobs in Albuquerque is close to its share of U.S. jobs. The location quotient is 1.00 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 690 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Albuquerque. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Albuquerque at rank 56 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.