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Occupation Therapists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed occupation therapists is about 99,000. This occupation has a very low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 30% of employees work part time. 9% of occupation therapists have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with a master's degree have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 90%. Approximately 9% of occupation therapists started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Haverhill (Massachusetts), Wichita Falls (Texas), and San Angelo (Texas), and less popular in Huntsville (Alabama), Davenport (Iowa), and Bakersfield (California).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, employees get paid the most in Terre Haute (Indiana), Naples (Florida), and Valdosta (Georgia), and the least in Phoenix (Arizona), Wichita Falls (Texas), and San Angelo (Texas).

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Occupation Therapists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Occupation Therapists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Occupation Therapists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Occupation Therapists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham430$65,6701.2
AlabamaGadsden50$76,460 2.5
AlabamaHuntsville50$72,4100.4
AlabamaMobile100$56,0300.8
AlabamaMontgomery60$77,0500.5
AlabamaTuscaloosa30$62,0700.5
AlaskaAnchorage100$69,7200.9
ArizonaFlagstaff40$69,6001.2
ArizonaPhoenix980$49,7700.7
ArizonaPrescott110$71,360 2.8
ArkansasFayetteville70$61,4200.5
ArkansasFort Smith60$72,4800.8
ArkansasLittle Rock370$68,1601.6
CaliforniaBakersfield50$77,2700.3
CaliforniaChico70$84,6401.6
CaliforniaFresno170$80,9000.7
CaliforniaModesto80$63,2400.7
CaliforniaOakland570$82,1300.8
CaliforniaOxnard230$84,0801.1
CaliforniaRiverside430$77,7900.5
CaliforniaSacramento510$81,6200.8
CaliforniaSalinas80$78,7300.8
CaliforniaSan Diego810$76,3200.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco380$93,0500.5
CaliforniaSan Jose420$81,3600.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana970$78,5000.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara50$78,6300.4
CaliforniaSanta Cruz30$59,8100.5
CaliforniaSanta Rosa100$66,8000.8
CaliforniaStockton80$79,2400.5
CaliforniaVallejo50$77,6300.6
ColoradoBoulder180$62,0301.7
ColoradoColorado Springs200$67,7901.2
ColoradoDenver1,010$64,5601.1
ColoradoFort Collins150$61,9301.9
ColoradoGrand Junction40$62,0501.1
ColoradoGreeley80$57,6901.7
ColoradoPueblo40$63,2401.2
ConnecticutBridgeport490$74,6401.6
ConnecticutDanbury50$72,0401.1
ConnecticutHartford600$79,1201.5
ConnecticutNew Haven290$72,8101.5
ConnecticutNorwich90$67,2001.1
ConnecticutWaterbury80$80,5701.9
DelawareWilmington260$63,4301.1
District of ColumbiaWashington910$77,3400.6
FloridaCape Coral90$69,8600.6
FloridaDeltona90$69,4800.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale470$75,1200.9
FloridaGainesville150$54,8002
FloridaJacksonville380$68,5800.9
FloridaLakeland50$75,2600.4
FloridaMiami750$71,4901.1
FloridaNaples80$96,0201
FloridaOcala40$71,6100.7
FloridaPalm Bay140$54,6301.1
FloridaPensacola60$66,5900.6
FloridaPort St Lucie110$80,5001.3
FloridaPunta Gorda40$77,1201.7
FloridaSarasota250$63,7401.4
FloridaSebastian50$77,9001.7
FloridaTallahassee110$62,3701
FloridaTampa760$80,1800.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach310$73,9400.8
GeorgiaAthens40$64,5400.8
GeorgiaAtlanta980$70,9600.6
GeorgiaAugusta180$64,5501.3
GeorgiaColumbus40$64,4800.6
GeorgiaMacon60$67,9200.9
GeorgiaRome40$63,7301.9
GeorgiaSavannah60$67,1100.6
GeorgiaValdosta70$88,500 2
HawaiiHonolulu190$66,0700.6
IdahoBoise210$61,1501.1
IllinoisBloomington30$61,9100.7
IllinoisChampaign70$75,7701.2
IllinoisChicago2,840$74,5601
IllinoisPeoria100$71,8800.9
IllinoisRockford90$71,6000.9
IllinoisSpringfield30$61,4400.4
IndianaAnderson30$61,2401.3
IndianaBloomington60$60,7601.4
IndianaElkhart50$75,5400.6
IndianaEvansville190$60,8801.6
IndianaFort Wayne190$62,5301.3
IndianaGary210$81,7201.1
IndianaIndianapolis950$69,6801.5
IndianaKokomo30$72,7801.4
IndianaSouth Bend90$62,0201
IndianaTerre Haute40$92,1600.9
IowaCedar Rapids80$55,2200.9
IowaDavenport40$59,8200.3
IowaDes Moines200$59,1700.9
IowaIowa City40$62,6700.9
IowaWaterloo50$57,1500.9
KansasTopeka80$65,4601.1
KansasWichita210$66,5301
KentuckyElizabethtown30$67,7701.1
KentuckyLexington100$63,3600.6
KentuckyLouisville340$70,7500.8
KentuckyOwensboro30$63,1401
LouisianaAlexandria60$65,2901.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge270$70,1601.1
LouisianaLafayette60$73,0200.6
LouisianaLake Charles30$74,9100.5
LouisianaMonroe40$67,6400.8
LouisianaNew Orleans290$76,6600.8
LouisianaShreveport210$72,8901.8
MaineLewiston40$56,6801.3
MainePortland190$57,0001.4
MarylandBaltimore1,320$77,7001.4
MarylandBethesda290$80,1800.7
MarylandCumberland60$72,110 2.9
MarylandHagerstown40$76,3900.6
MarylandSalisbury70$71,650 2.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town140$73,250 2.1
MassachusettsBoston1,870$68,4601.5
MassachusettsBrockton90$61,1001.6
MassachusettsFramingham240$56,490 2.2
MassachusettsHaverhill230$63,590 4.7
MassachusettsLawrence70$61,8802
MassachusettsLowell120$63,2201.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford60$73,0101.5
MassachusettsSpringfield340$62,5901.6
MassachusettsTaunton50$68,1601.8
MassachusettsWorcester290$70,5601.7
MichiganAnn Arbor220$62,6202
MichiganBattle Creek80$64,800 2.7
MichiganBay City40$52,6502
MichiganDetroit760$66,5901.5
MichiganFlint170$54,9101.9
MichiganGrand Rapids380$61,6301.4
MichiganHolland60$66,9600.9
MichiganKalamazoo110$64,3301.2
MichiganLansing130$62,1801
MichiganMuskegon50$62,8801.3
MichiganNiles40$59,5401
MichiganSaginaw120$62,530 2.5
MichiganWarren1,230$71,7101.5
MinnesotaDuluth120$58,2401.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,340$61,0001.1
MinnesotaRochester120$63,6902
MinnesotaSt Cloud100$59,3201.5
MississippiGulfport70$72,4201
MississippiHattiesburg50$58,0801.4
MississippiJackson240$67,7401.4
MississippiPascagoula80$67,410 2.8
MissouriColumbia80$60,6501.5
MissouriJoplin100$54,5801.9
MissouriKansas City850$63,0201.2
MissouriSpringfield90$68,8100.7
MissouriSt Louis1,250$60,4101.3
MontanaBillings40$58,3700.8
MontanaMissoula50$61,0001.6
NebraskaLincoln110$68,4401
NebraskaOmaha340$58,0701.1
NevadaLas Vegas430$86,9600.7
NevadaReno160$61,6201.1
New HampshireManchester120$58,2801.8
New HampshireNashua140$56,1701.5
New HampshirePortsmouth40$66,1201.1
New HampshireRochester50$66,4501.4
New JerseyAtlantic City80$77,6300.8
New JerseyCamden440$78,3001.2
New JerseyEdison850$81,2301.2
New JerseyNewark580$80,5000.8
New JerseyTrenton250$75,8301.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque230$53,8000.8
New MexicoLas Cruces60$64,9501.6
New YorkAlbany520$61,0701.7
New YorkBinghamton130$68,3301.9
New YorkBuffalo800$52,080 2.1
New YorkElmira40$57,0401.9
New YorkKingston50$70,0401.4
New YorkNassau1,000$69,6701.1
New YorkNew York3,860$72,3601.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie180$73,7501.1
New YorkRochester460$61,1301.3
New YorkSyracuse270$63,8901.3
New YorkUtica180$59,620 2.1
North CarolinaAsheville170$68,9501.4
North CarolinaCharlotte520$71,1200.8
North CarolinaDurham330$64,9701.8
North CarolinaFayetteville90$66,6101.1
North CarolinaGreensboro150$77,6600.6
North CarolinaGreenville60$67,3901.3
North CarolinaHickory100$63,1200.9
North CarolinaRaleigh320$61,3700.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount50$77,1801.4
North CarolinaWilmington170$52,3701.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem220$63,1401.5
North DakotaBismarck50$50,1601.4
North DakotaFargo100$59,1701.3
OhioAkron160$69,0000.7
OhioCanton150$83,4201.3
OhioCincinnati1,020$69,7201.4
OhioCleveland810$76,6401.1
OhioColumbus650$66,6301
OhioDayton300$74,6101.1
OhioLima40$67,2801.2
OhioMansfield40$68,9901.3
OhioToledo290$81,5701.3
OhioYoungstown200$69,2901.2
OklahomaOklahoma City380$64,5601
OklahomaTulsa220$59,1000.7
OregonBend60$63,3201.4
OregonEugene50$71,6300.5
OregonMedford40$64,2800.7
OregonPortland670$62,5800.9
OregonSalem60$64,3200.6
PennsylvaniaAltoona70$52,4901.9
PennsylvaniaErie70$57,6100.8
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg190$69,6500.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster160$64,2501
PennsylvaniaLebanon40$67,1101.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,980$68,6901.5
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,210$58,4401.5
PennsylvaniaReading190$79,7101.7
PennsylvaniaScranton460$56,750 2.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport40$57,8501.3
PennsylvaniaYork190$64,9101.6
Rhode IslandProvidence540$68,7001.4
South CarolinaCharleston190$59,2800.9
South CarolinaColumbia220$74,5900.9
South CarolinaFlorence80$66,9001.5
South CarolinaGreenville100$64,5100.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg70$61,4700.9
South DakotaRapid City50$57,4701.3
South DakotaSioux Falls110$57,3101.2
TennesseeChattanooga150$66,9700.9
TennesseeJackson60$63,0901.7
TennesseeJohnson City40$63,6400.8
TennesseeKingsport70$73,7100.9
TennesseeKnoxville150$65,6700.6
TennesseeMemphis330$78,3500.8
TennesseeNashville300$68,6500.6
TexasAbilene110  2.8
TexasAmarillo50$63,2400.8
TexasAustin530$56,0601
TexasBeaumont50$71,6300.5
TexasBrownsville100$66,3701.2
TexasCorpus Christi100$50,3100.8
TexasDallas1,700$70,5801.1
TexasEl Paso210$85,1701.2
TexasFort Worth640$72,3601.1
TexasHouston1,270$67,7400.7
TexasKilleen30$68,6200.4
TexasLaredo70$84,0301.3
TexasLongview30$60,9800.5
TexasLubbock130$53,3501.6
TexasMcallen180$74,8301.2
TexasOdessa30$73,5500.9
TexasSan Angelo70$31,580 2.9
TexasSan Antonio740$73,4001.2
TexasSherman40$79,5001.7
TexasTexarkana80$72,920 2.4
TexasTyler80$72,7001.4
TexasVictoria50$61,0401.8
TexasWaco50$68,4600.8
TexasWichita Falls110$37,380 3.1
UtahOgden80$58,2900.6
UtahProvo50$64,5300.4
UtahSalt Lake City170$63,9600.4
VermontBurlington50$59,0100.7
VirginiaCharlottesville130$67,020 2.2
VirginiaLynchburg80$72,3901.2
VirginiaRichmond400$66,1501
VirginiaRoanoke140$73,9401.3
VirginiaVirginia Beach420$72,4700.8
VirginiaWinchester60$72,4301.9
WashingtonBremerton70$68,2801.3
WashingtonKennewick40$70,9300.7
WashingtonMount Vernon30$64,6601.1
WashingtonOlympia50$66,0900.8
WashingtonSeattle810$68,3300.8
WashingtonSpokane200$63,0501.4
WashingtonTacoma270$63,6101.5
WashingtonYakima30$73,6600.6
West VirginiaCharleston70$63,8100.7
West VirginiaHuntington60$70,9500.8
West VirginiaMorgantown40$66,4001.4
West VirginiaWeirton60$69,050 2.4
West VirginiaWheeling30$61,8700.8
WisconsinAppleton70$64,4100.9
WisconsinEau Claire60$63,2901.2
WisconsinFond30$60,1601.1
WisconsinGreen Bay170$60,4501.5
WisconsinJanesville50$62,4401.2
WisconsinLa Crosse90$59,290 2.1
WisconsinMadison270$60,7001.2
WisconsinMilwaukee1,050$59,4001.8
WisconsinOshkosh90$62,2601.7
WisconsinRacine60$54,4301.2
WisconsinSheboygan60$64,7601.7
WisconsinWausau30$58,0700.7
WyomingCasper40$63,3301.8
WyomingCheyenne30$65,5201.2
 

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