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Occupational therapy assistant salary

Open occupational therapy assistant jobs post a median of $35 an hour, with the middle half paying $31–$40: about $72,800 a year full time. Measured from 253 jobs at 108 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$35
Median posted /hr
$31–$40
Middle half /hr
$72,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$34.76
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Occupational therapy assistant jobs

What occupational therapy assistants 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 253 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $20, the highest $100.

Posted on open jobs

$31–$40/hr

Middle half of 201 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $35. 24% of the 1,067 open occupational therapy assistant jobs state an hourly rate. 146 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 therapy assistant pay by employer

What each employer posts for occupational therapy assistants, 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$32.25$21.83–$50.9529
Genesis HealthCare$46$35–$6511
PAM Health$38$38–$6010
Select Medical$32.75$20–$4410
PACS Group$43.50$30–$619
Sanford Health$31.25$24–$38.506
Ignite Medical Resorts$30.75$20–$406
Amedisys$41.25$31.50–$485
Alumus$35$35–$425
Aegis Therapies$30.50$23–$385
Ascension$30.25$23.84–$36.935
CommonSpirit Health$35$24.27–$46.274
Therapy Spot$35$30–$454
PT Solutions$32.75$28–$384
Ivy Rehab$29.50$23.52–$35.284
Sutter Health$48.75$40.61–$63.253
Legacy Healthcare Services$38$33–$423
Providence$37.75$29.56–$51.303
BrightSpring Health Services$35$28–$423
Halcyon Home$35$30–$503
Riverside Health$34.25$28.90–$42.083
University Health System - San Antonio$29.50$20.80–$383
Rochester Regional Health$27.25$22.60–$323
Big Stone Therapies$26.25$22–$30.503
Autism Care Partners$70.75$48–$802
Connect Home Health$57.50$40–$1002
Premier Pediatric Therapy (previously MySpot)$46.25$45–$502
Ernest Health$42.50$39.75–$452
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$41$34.10–$472
Link Rehab and Wellness$39.50$35–$442
U.S. Physical Therapy$39.50$28–$502
Cornerstone Healthcare$38.75$30–$502
MultiCare Health System$38.75$27.36–$55.042
LifePoint Health$38.25$26–$502
Carle Health$38$28.44–$47.492
Sentara Health$38$30.57–$45.182
Compassus$37.25$29.60–$46.072
Powers Health$34.25$26.25–$40.972
Sangre De Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care$33.50$29–$382
Benedictine$33$25–$37.502

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 therapy assistant 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$45$39.50–$49.25$39.31 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)25
New York$38.50$31–$39.50$32.95 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Arizona$38$36.50–$41$35.33 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Washington$37.75$36.75–$42.25$37.30 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Virginia$35.75$32–$38.25$36.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
North Carolina$35.75$31.25–$37.75$33.36 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Maryland$35.50$34.25–$42.50$39.43 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Texas$35$32–$45.75$39.19 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
Colorado$35$32.75–$38$36.22 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)25
Missouri$35$31.75–$36.50$31.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Florida$34.25$32–$36.50$34.44 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)19
Indiana$34.25$31–$35$32.05 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Massachusetts$33.50$31.75–$36.75$36.08 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Illinois$30.75$30–$34.50$30.83 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Minnesota$30$28–$31$31.21 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14

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 therapy assistant 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.

17 open jobs from 9 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $76,400, the middle half $61,300 to $80,300, from $35,000 to $117,500 posted.

Best-paid open occupational therapy assistant jobs

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

Every open job: Occupational therapy assistant 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 Therapy Assistants (31-2011)$24.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$29.67 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$34.76 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$38.06 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$43.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)51,290 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($35) is $0.24 above the BLS median ($34.76 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Occupational Therapy Assistants, 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 therapy assistant salary: common questions

How much does an occupational therapy assistant make an hour?

Open occupational therapy assistant jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $35, with the middle half between $31–$40 (253 jobs from 108 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 $34.76/hr ($72,300 a year) for occupational therapy assistants in May 2025.

How much does an occupational therapy assistant make a year?

At the posted median of $35 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $72,800, and the middle half to $64,500 to $83,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 17 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $76,400.

Which states pay occupational therapy assistants the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($45), New York ($38.50) and Arizona ($38). The lowest: Minnesota ($30), Illinois ($30.75) and Massachusetts ($33.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay occupational therapy assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Genesis HealthCare ($46), PACS Group ($43.50) and Amedisys ($41.25). 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: 253 of 1,067 open occupational therapy assistant jobs (24%) 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 Therapy Assistants (SOC 31-2011), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Occupational Therapy Assistants (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

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

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