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Occupational therapist salary in Arkansas

Open occupational therapist jobs in Arkansas post a median of , the middle half (about $107,700 a year full time), $0.74 below the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

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

What occupational therapists are paid in Arkansas

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

Median $51.76 an hour. Middle half $51.76 to $56.50. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 9 open jobs in Arkansas. Lowest posted $34.23, highest $75.

Posted on open jobs in Arkansas

$51.76–$56.50/hr

Middle half of 9 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $51.76. 12% of the 75 open occupational therapist jobs in Arkansas state an hourly rate.

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Occupational therapist pay by employer in Arkansas

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UnitedHealth Group$51.76$34.23–$65.775
No Limits Pediatric Therapies$59.25$45–$752
Therapy Spot$57$40–$752

Median of each employer's jobs in Arkansas (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.

Best-paid open occupational therapist jobs in Arkansas

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

What BLS measures in Arkansas

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, Arkansas. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapists (29-1122)$31.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$39.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$51.14 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$61.65 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)$69.35 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)2,160 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists)

BLS median by metro area

  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$50.33/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR)
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$51.84/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR)
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48.06/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Memphis, TN-MS-AR)
  • Fort Smith, AR-OK$46.99/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Fort Smith, AR-OK)
  • Jonesboro, AR$51.14/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Jonesboro, AR)
  • Hot Springs, AR$39.62/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Hot Springs, AR)
  • Texarkana, TX-AR$50.99/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Texarkana, TX-AR)

Occupational therapist salary in Arkansas: common questions

How much does an occupational therapist make in Arkansas?

Open occupational therapist jobs in Arkansas that state an hourly rate post a median of $51.76, the middle half $51.76–$56.50 (9 jobs from 3 employers). Full time that is about $107,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $51.14/hr ($106,360 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Arkansas (May 2025).

How does Arkansas compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Arkansas ($51.76) is $0.74 below the national posted median of $52.50. In the BLS survey Arkansas ranks 8 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 75 open occupational therapist jobs in Arkansas (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 →Arkansas 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

Cite this page

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

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