Skip to content

Therapy & rehab

Occupational therapist salary in South Carolina

Open occupational therapist jobs in South Carolina post a median of $53 an hour, the middle half $47–$60.25 (about $110,200 a year full time), the same as the national posted median. From 10 jobs at 10 employers that state their pay.

$53
Median posted /hr
$47–$60
Middle half /hr
$110,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$48.62
BLS median in SC
May 2025

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

What occupational therapists are paid in South 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 10 open jobs in South Carolina. Lowest posted $35, highest $100.

Posted on open jobs in South Carolina

$47–$60.25/hr

Middle half of 10 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $53. 11% of the 89 open occupational therapist jobs in South Carolina state an hourly rate.

OT alerts

OT in South Carolina: new openings every week

A weekly email with the newest OT openings in South Carolina, taken from the employers' own careers sites. Free, stop anytime.

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

Occupational therapist pay by town in South Carolina

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Columbia$60.25$36.54–$1003 (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 South Carolina

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Genesis HealthCare$72.50$45–$1001
PAM Health$65$651
UnitedHealth Group$60.25$36.54–$84.041
Fundamental Healthcare$60$601
Legacy Healthcare Services$53.50$47–$601
Select Medical$52.50$50–$551
Lowcountry Therapy Center$50$501
BrightSpring Health Services$46$38–$541
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$44$40.30–$47.451
PACS Group$42.50$35–$501

Median of each employer's jobs in South 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.

5 open jobs in South Carolina state a yearly salary: a median of $107,400, the middle half $99,200 to $109,000.

Best-paid open occupational therapist jobs in South Carolina

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

What BLS measures in South 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, South Carolina. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapists (29-1122)$36.24 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$39.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$48.62 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$52.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)$59.19 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)1,840 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapists, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Occupational therapist salary in South Carolina: common questions

How much does an occupational therapist make in South Carolina?

Open occupational therapist jobs in South Carolina that state an hourly rate post a median of $53, the middle half $47–$60.25 (10 jobs from 10 employers). Full time that is about $110,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $48.62/hr ($101,130 a year) for people employed in the occupation in South Carolina (May 2025).

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

The posted median in South Carolina ($53) is the same as the national posted median of $53. In the BLS survey South Carolina ranks 18 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: 10 of 89 open occupational therapist jobs in South Carolina (11%) 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 South Carolina. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/occupational-therapist/south-carolina

How the board counts