Travel Occupational Therapist - Rehab Inpatient - Zachary, LA
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,154 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel occupational therapist assignments post a median of $2,231 a week, the middle half $1,971 to $2,404, across 482 assignments, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Zachary, LA (the standard rate) is $113 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $68 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,267 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in Louisiana.
Licensed in another state?
Louisiana is not issuing OT Compact privileges yet, so an occupational therapist or OT assistant licensed in another state needs a Louisiana license for this job. (Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, 9 Nov 2026.) For a Louisiana license, apply to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners for a license by endorsement ($150, by its own page): what Louisiana asks. Every state's OT Compact status.
What Louisiana requires of an occupational therapist
Occupational Therapist license, from the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
- An occupational therapist licensed in another state with equivalent standards may be licensed without the examination (La. Admin. Code tit. A background check follows once the application has been received.
- Staying active: Licenses expire each year on the last day of the licensee's birth month and renew annually with at least 14 contact hours of continuing education, including 1 hour of ethics and a 1-hour LSBME course on the rules for occupational therapy practitioners (La. Admin. Code tit. 46, XLV-1945, 1947 and 1965, as amended May 2025).
Occupational therapist jobs and requirements in Louisiana · Every state's rule
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About the job
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About TRS Healthcare
RN-founded, woman-owned travel healthcare staffing company based in Arkansas, placing registered nurses, LPNs, imaging technologists, respiratory therapists and lab specialists on 13-week assignments nationwide. Source: TRS Healthcare, About Our Healthcare Staffing Company
Based in Tontitown, ARHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.2% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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