Skip to content

Occupational therapy assistants

Occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island

7 open occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island at 4 employers. BLS measures a median of $32.07 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapy Assistants in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab) for occupational therapy assistants here.

7
Open in RI
4
Employers hiring
4
Towns
$32.07
BLS median in RI
25th of 50 states and territories

Newest occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island

Checked 1 hr ago

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Every physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy jobs in Rhode Island →Occupational therapy assistant jobs in every state →
COTA alerts

COTA in Rhode Island: new openings every week

A weekly email with the newest COTA openings in Rhode Island, taken from the employers' own careers sites. Free, stop anytime.

Only job openings in your inbox. Leave anytime with one click.

Where the occupational therapy assistant jobs are in Rhode Island

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What occupational therapy assistants earn in Rhode Island

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Rhode Island

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Rhode Island, May 2025

$32.07/hr ($66,710 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapy Assistants in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab)

Median for occupational therapy assistants, against $34.76 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapy Assistants, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 300 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapy Assistants in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab) employed in Rhode Island.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Occupational Therapy Assistants; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring occupational therapy assistants in Rhode Island

What the job takes

An associate degree from an accredited OTA program, then the NBCOT COTA exam.

  • License

    COTA certification and state license

    NBCOT (exam); state occupational therapy board (license)

    Official page

Occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island: common questions

How much do occupational therapy assistants make in Rhode Island?

Too few open occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $32.07/hr ($66,710 a year) for occupational therapy assistants in Rhode Island (May 2025), against $34.76 nationally, 25th highest of 50 states and territories.

Where in Rhode Island are the most occupational therapy assistant jobs?

Providence (3), Warwick (2), Newport (1) and North Kingstown (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring occupational therapy assistants in Rhode Island?

By open jobs on this board: Care New England (3), LifePoint Health (2) and Brown University Health (1). In all, 4 employers have occupational therapy assistant jobs open in Rhode Island.

What do you need to work as an occupational therapy assistant in Rhode Island?

An associate degree from an accredited OTA program, then the NBCOT COTA exam. COTA certification and state license (NBCOT (exam); state occupational therapy board (license)). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Rhode Island's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

Keep exploring

Occupational therapy assistant jobs in other states

Other Therapy & rehab occupations in Rhode Island

Every healthcare job in Rhode Island →Occupational therapy assistant jobs →Every occupation →

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Rhode Island, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Rhode Island, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 21, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants (SOC 31-2011), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. COTA certification and state license: NBCOT (exam); state occupational therapy board (license)

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Occupational therapy assistant jobs in Rhode Island. Data as of October 21, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/occupational-therapy-assistant/rhode-island

How the board counts