| Weekly pay | Up to $3,200 on a 40-hour week |
|---|---|
| Location | Sacramento, California's state capital, in the Central Valley |
| Schedule | Days, typically 9 AM to 5 PM, 40 hours per week (facility and schedule dependent) |
| Duration | 13 weeks |
| Settings | Skilled nursing, home health, inpatient, and outpatient |
| License | Active California PT license required (California is not in the PT Compact) |
| Experience | 0 to 2+ years depending on the assignment; new grads considered for select roles |
| Call to apply | (866) 680-2920 |
Sacramento offers something the coastal California markets cannot: top-tier California pay with a genuinely more livable cost of living. As the state capital and the hub of the Central Valley, it anchors a large regional healthcare network that serves the city and a wide surrounding area, which keeps physical therapy demand steady across skilled nursing, home health, inpatient rehab, and outpatient clinics. It is a real, year-round market rather than a seasonal one.
For a traveler focused on take-home, this is the appeal. You earn California rates, up to $3,200 a week, while your housing stipend stretches much further than it would in the Bay Area or Los Angeles. Sacramento also sits within easy reach of Lake Tahoe, Napa, and the Bay Area for your days off, so you get California's lifestyle without California's coastal price tag.
The reason Sacramento is a smart pick comes down to arithmetic. Your pay is set at California levels, but the cost of living, especially housing, runs well below the coastal metros. Because your travel package includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, a lower local cost of living means more of that stipend stays in your pocket. For travelers who want to bank money rather than spend it on Bay Area rent, a Sacramento contract often nets better than a higher-cost city at the same weekly rate. Your recruiter can run the real numbers with you.
As a travel physical therapist with We Care Staffing in Sacramento, you evaluate patients, build treatment plans, and guide recovery across the settings we staff: skilled nursing, home health, inpatient, and outpatient. Days run a predictable weekday schedule, roughly 9 AM to 5 PM, 40 hours a week. Contracts range from new-grad-friendly roles to those wanting a couple of years in a specific setting, so tell your recruiter where you fit.
We Care Staffing places physical therapists across Sacramento and the surrounding Central Valley: skilled nursing facilities, home-health territories, inpatient rehab units, and outpatient clinics. Communities across the greater Sacramento region are often within the same contract radius.
Submit your profile in two minutes and a We Care Staffing recruiter will follow up with current openings that fit your license, experience, and preferred setting. Prefer to talk? Call (866) 680-2920 or email careers@we-carestaffing.com.
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