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Occupational therapy assistant salary in New Jersey

Open occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey post a median of $37.50 an hour, the middle half $36–$39.50 (about $78,000 a year full time), $2.50 above the national posted median. From 17 jobs at 13 employers that state their pay.

$37.50
Median posted /hr
$36–$39.50
Middle half /hr
$78,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$36.04
BLS median in NJ
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey · Occupational therapy assistant pay nationwide

What occupational therapy assistants are paid in New Jersey

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

Median $37.50 an hour. Middle half $36 to $39.50. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 17 open jobs in New Jersey. Lowest posted $29, highest $100.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

$36–$39.50/hr

Middle half of 17 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $37.50. 45% of the 38 open occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey state an hourly rate.

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Occupational therapy assistant pay by employer in New Jersey

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Genesis HealthCare$45$40–$502
Link Rehab and Wellness$39.50$35–$442
Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center$37.25$34–$402
Allaire Health Services$36.75$30–$452
Homeside Rehab$87.50$75–$1001
Leisure Chateau Care and Rehabilitation Center$41.50$40–$431
Allaire Rehab & Nursing$37.50$30–$451
Evolve Therapy Services$37.50$35–$401
Green Hill Senior Living and Rehabilitation$37.50$35–$401
Morristown Post Acute Rehabilitation & Nursing$36$32–$401
Accela at Manalapan$35.50$32–$391
Lincoln Park Center$35$33–$371
Silver Lake Hospital$32$29–$351

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

Best-paid open occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey

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

What BLS measures in New Jersey

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, New Jersey. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Occupational Therapy Assistants (31-2011)$31.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$36.03 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$36.04 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$38.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)$48.42 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)1,080 (source: BLS OEWS, Occupational Therapy Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Occupational therapy assistant salary in New Jersey: common questions

How much does an occupational therapy assistant make in New Jersey?

Open occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey that state an hourly rate post a median of $37.50, the middle half $36–$39.50 (17 jobs from 13 employers). Full time that is about $78,000 a year. BLS measured a median of $36.04/hr ($74,960 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Jersey (May 2025).

How does New Jersey compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Jersey ($37.50) is $2.50 above the national posted median of $35. In the BLS survey New Jersey ranks 13 of 50 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: 17 of 38 open occupational therapy assistant jobs in New Jersey (45%) 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 therapy assistant pay in other states

Occupational therapy assistant salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Physical, Occupational, Speech & Respiratory Therapy job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →New Jersey 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 nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants (SOC 31-2011), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Occupational Therapy Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Occupational therapy assistant salary in New Jersey. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/occupational-therapy-assistant/new-jersey

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