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Occupational therapist salary

Open occupational therapist jobs post a median of $53 an hour, with the middle half paying $46.50–$62: about $110,200 a year full time. Measured from 894 jobs at 245 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$53
Median posted /hr
$47–$62
Middle half /hr
$110,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$48.24
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Occupational therapist jobs

What occupational therapists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 894 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $17.89, the highest $155.

Posted on open jobs

$46.50–$62/hr

Middle half of 532 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $53. 28% of the 3,222 open occupational therapist jobs state an hourly rate. 544 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Occupational therapist pay by employer

What each employer posts for occupational therapists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UnitedHealth Group$51$34.23–$84.0444
Therapy Spot$47.50$40–$7528
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$47.25$35.96–$65.7028
Kaiser Permanente$68.75$50.45–$94.9627
Providence$59.75$35.70–$84.9827
Sutter Health$74.25$54.87–$91.0125
Select Medical$50.50$32–$68.6422
UPMC$40.50$32.46–$61.6119
PAM Health$60$60–$7017
Advocate Health$47.75$33.05–$61.6516
AdventHealth$45.50$30.58–$7015
Sanford Health$42.25$31–$5514
Northwestern Medicine$54$38.06–$61.7113
UW Health$46.50$36.99–$65.0613
PACS Group$62.25$35–$7512
Carle Health$53.50$39.13–$67.9912
Northwell Health$66$45–$8110
CommonSpirit Health$59.50$35.53–$81.1010
MultiCare Health System$57.75$44.42–$78.2510
Link Rehab and Wellness$57.50$50–$6410
U.S. Physical Therapy$82.50$70–$959
Endeavor Health$50.25$32.60–$61.139
Fairview Health Services$48.25$34.79–$57.169
Adventist HealthCare$45.25$34.58–$609
Big Stone Therapies$38$31–$499
Genesis HealthCare$71.25$45–$1008
Ascension$46$34.76–$59.308
Avera Health$42.75$30.75–$53.758
Compassus$56.50$45–$71.377
Emory Healthcare$43.25$39.31–$60.507
Amedisys$61$52–$856
Legacy Health$59.25$48.69–$69.656
Loma Linda University Health$55.75$31.62–$73.506
Mass General Brigham$54.50$43.31–$63.756
ChristianaCare$53$35.39–$596
PT Solutions$51.75$45–$606
Beth Israel Lahey Health$50.25$38.50–$61.346
Baptist Health South Florida$47.25$40.71–$53.986
Aegis Therapies$44.25$23–$606
Essentia Health$43.75$34.96–$52.446

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Occupational therapist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$64$58–$70.50$59.86 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)145
New Jersey$62.50$57.50–$77$49.72 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)32
Oregon$59.75$57.75–$62.75$54 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)23
Delaware$58.25$49.50–$62$49.10 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
New York$57.50$47.50–$69$46.34 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)68
Maryland$57.25$49.50–$60$51.43 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)30
Washington$56.75$54–$61.25$51.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)62
Virginia$56.25$48.25–$59$48.42 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)39
Arizona$55$50–$59$49.84 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Georgia$53.50$43.25–$60.50$50.01 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)18
Texas$53$48.75–$63.75$51.03 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)51
South Carolina$53$47–$60.25$48.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Kansas$52.75$47.25–$55$47.68 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Colorado$51.75$47.25–$60$51.31 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)25
Indiana$50.75$47.50–$52.75$46.65 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)17
Missouri$50.50$45.75–$52$46.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Michigan$50$45.50–$57.50$43.23 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Illinois$48.75$45.75–$52.75$47.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)96
Florida$48.25$45.50–$54.75$47.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)57
North Carolina$48.25$47.25–$53.50$44.68 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Wisconsin$48$46.50–$54.25$44.42 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Massachusetts$47.50$45.25–$53$48.53 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)28
Ohio$47.50$42.75–$52.75$47.78 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
Pennsylvania$45.50$41–$52.25$47.33 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)28
South Dakota$42.50$42.25–$42.50$40.89 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Minnesota$42.25$40–$47.50$44.74 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)42
North Dakota$42.25$39–$43.75$40 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)11

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Occupational therapist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

238 open jobs from 93 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $93,500, the middle half $82,500 to $102,900, from $39,832 to $188,490 posted.

Best-paid open occupational therapist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Occupational therapist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapists (29-1122)$34.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$39.67 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$48.24 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$56.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$63.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)162,450 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($53) is $4.76 above the BLS median ($48.24 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Occupational therapist salary: common questions

How much does an occupational therapist make an hour?

Open occupational therapist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $53, with the middle half between $46.50–$62 (894 jobs from 245 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $48.24/hr ($100,330 a year) for occupational therapists in May 2025.

How much does an occupational therapist make a year?

At the posted median of $53 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $110,200, and the middle half to $96,700 to $129,000. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 238 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $93,500.

Which states pay occupational therapists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($64), New Jersey ($62.50) and Oregon ($59.75). The lowest: North Dakota ($42.25), Minnesota ($42.25) and South Dakota ($42.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay occupational therapists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: U.S. Physical Therapy ($82.50), Sutter Health ($74.25) and Genesis HealthCare ($71.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 894 of 3,222 open occupational therapist jobs (28%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Occupational Therapists (SOC 29-1122), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Occupational Therapists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Occupational therapist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/occupational-therapist

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