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Occupational therapist salary in North Carolina

Open occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina post a median of $48.25 an hour, the middle half $47.25–$53.50 (about $100,400 a year full time), $4.75 below the national posted median. From 15 jobs at 8 employers that state their pay.

$48.25
Median posted /hr
$47–$54
Middle half /hr
$100,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$44.68
BLS median in NC
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina · Occupational therapist pay nationwide

What occupational therapists are paid in North Carolina

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

Posted hourly rates of 15 open jobs in North Carolina. Lowest posted $30.58, highest $100.

Posted on open jobs in North Carolina

$47.25–$53.50/hr

Middle half of 13 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $48.25. 14% of the 110 open occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina state an hourly rate.

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Occupational therapist pay by employer in North Carolina

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Advocate Health$47.75$33.05–$57.306
Genesis HealthCare$66.25$45–$1002
UnitedHealth Group$48$34.23–$61.152
Therapy Smarts$68.50$65–$721
Legacy Healthcare Services$53.50$47–$601
Ignite Medical Resorts$50$40–$601
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$47.25$43.40–$51.101
AdventHealth$43.75$30.58–$56.871

Median of each employer's jobs in North Carolina (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.

10 open jobs in North Carolina state a yearly salary: a median of $101,200, the middle half $79,500 to $111,300.

Best-paid open occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina

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

What BLS measures in North Carolina

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, North Carolina. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapists (29-1122)$29.92 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$37.26 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$44.68 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$50.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$56.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)4,490 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Occupational therapist salary in North Carolina: common questions

How much does an occupational therapist make in North Carolina?

Open occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina that state an hourly rate post a median of $48.25, the middle half $47.25–$53.50 (15 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $100,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $44.68/hr ($92,940 a year) for people employed in the occupation in North Carolina (May 2025).

How does North Carolina compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in North Carolina ($48.25) is $4.75 below the national posted median of $53. In the BLS survey North Carolina ranks 42 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: 15 of 110 open occupational therapist jobs in North Carolina (14%) 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 →

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 nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists (SOC 29-1122), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapists by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

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

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