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Occupational therapist salary in Alabama

Open occupational therapist jobs in Alabama post a median of , the middle half (about $95,700 a year full time), $6.50 below the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

The jobs themselves: Occupational therapist jobs in Alabama · Occupational therapist pay nationwide

What occupational therapists are paid in Alabama

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $46 an hour. Middle half $44.43 to $55. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 9 open jobs in Alabama. Lowest posted $33.85, highest $65.

Posted on open jobs in Alabama

$44.43–$55/hr

Middle half of 9 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $46. 12% of the 74 open occupational therapist jobs in Alabama state an hourly rate.

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Occupational therapist pay by town in Alabama

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Birmingham$46$33.85–$553 (3)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Occupational therapist pay by employer in Alabama

What each employer posts for occupational therapists here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Aveanna Healthcare$53$41–$652
The SpOT Clinic$35$352
Right at Home Tuscaloosa$65$651
PT Solutions$55$45–$651
Interim HealthCare - Birmingham, AL$49.50$47–$521
UnitedHealth Group$45.68$36.54–$54.811
UAB Medicine$44.43$33.85–$551

Median of each employer's jobs in Alabama (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for occupational therapists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

6 open jobs in Alabama state a yearly salary: a median of $92,400, the middle half $92,400 to $99,200.

Best-paid open occupational therapist jobs in Alabama

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

What BLS measures in Alabama

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Alabama. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapists (29-1122)$36.86 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$39.67 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$45.21 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$51.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$59.55 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)1,500 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)

BLS median by metro area

  • Birmingham, AL$45.80/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Birmingham, AL)
  • Columbus, GA-AL$45.47/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Columbus, GA-AL)
  • Huntsville, AL$45.01/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Huntsville, AL)
  • Mobile, AL$43.57/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Mobile, AL)
  • Montgomery, AL$45.15/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Montgomery, AL)
  • Gadsden, AL$42.13/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Gadsden, AL)
  • Dothan, AL$42.97/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Dothan, AL)
  • Tuscaloosa, AL$48.44/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Tuscaloosa, AL)

Occupational therapist salary in Alabama: common questions

How much does an occupational therapist make in Alabama?

Open occupational therapist jobs in Alabama that state an hourly rate post a median of $46, the middle half $44.43–$55 (9 jobs from 7 employers). Full time that is about $95,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $45.21/hr ($94,050 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Alabama (May 2025).

How does Alabama compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Alabama ($46) is $6.50 below the national posted median of $52.50. In the BLS survey Alabama ranks 38 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 9 of 74 open occupational therapist jobs in Alabama (12%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Occupational therapist pay in other states

Occupational therapist salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Physical, Occupational, Speech & Respiratory Therapy job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Alabama pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 13 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists (SOC 29-1122), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Occupational therapist salary in Alabama. Data as of 13 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/occupational-therapist/alabama

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