In Brazil, the distribution of professionals between regions is influenced by the process of interiorization and urbanization, making it a challenge for the management of health resources, therefore, a poor distribution of professionals can lead to changes in professional satisfaction. In the current scenario, physiotherapists work in prevention, rehabilitation, and health promotion at all levels of care, standing out as fundamental for reducing health-related risks to functional recovery and improving quality of life.

To identify the perception of Physiotherapists in relation to the labor market.

This was a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach. Data collection was carried out using an online semi-structured instrument, capturing participants through the snowball strategy. Data were treated using descriptive statistics.

A total of 495 physiotherapists from 23 Brazilian states freely responded to the data collection instrument, of which 65.9% were completely satisfied or satisfied with their own work and stated that without graduate school they would not occupy their current position. job (59.6%), however, they were indifferent/disagree/completely disagree (56.2%) that the physiotherapist job market was saturated. About a third of the participants declared a gross monthly income between 1500 and 3000 reais (30.3%) and 3000 to 6000 reais (31.9%) and 67% of the participants had two jobs or more, in addition to only 34.6% of participants said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their salary.

The data infer that although physiotherapists have a quick insertion in the labor market, the specialized workforce favors the employability of the profession, however, a small number of professionals feel satisfied with their current remuneration, it should be noted that a large part of professionals carry out their activities in more than two contracts, which can cause damage to the health of these professionals.

It is necessary to carry out new studies with robust methodologies, discuss issues such as the salary floor of the category and job plan, career and remuneration of civil servants together with the representative entities, as well as analyze the distribution and opening of new courses as needed by region.