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The purpose of this study was to investigate variables related to job stress of physical therapists through meta-analysis. For this purpose, 20 studies examining job stress of physical therapists were selected and the effect size (ES) was calculated. The overall effect size was found to be .11, and this effect size was found to be significant. The largest effect size was found to be organizational commitment (ES=.242), and the smallest effect size was found to be educational level (ES=.069). As a result of analysis according to job stress sub-factors, although the effect size on job stress is small, the effect of psychopsychological factors among general characteristics such as age and gender, physical factors such as physical burden and pain, and psychopsychological factors such as self-efficacy and organizational commitment appeared to be large in size. Self-efficacy is a variable that significantly affects workplace culture and job demands, so it is necessary to first establish a strategy to mediate it. The results of this study suggest that psychosocial support measures are needed to reduce physical therapists job stress.