Occupational Therapy Assistants Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Occupational Therapy Assistants positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$68,340

National average

Salary Range

$49,070 – $86,930

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Occupational Therapy Assistants Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$96,500$78,660$115,760
Modesto, CA$93,440$75,550$125,660
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$92,040$72,380$105,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$91,300$72,920$116,230
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$83,230$62,980$97,520
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$83,200$64,310$103,950
Jonesboro, AR$81,010$58,620$94,590
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$80,720$72,110$96,580
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$80,700$67,270$94,830
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$80,630$55,450$108,160
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$80,500$67,790$93,600
Visalia, CA$80,350$64,240$95,550
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$80,190$58,400$100,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$79,970$50,330$95,610
Lubbock, TX$79,810$62,470$104,050
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,630$64,770$107,330
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,460$60,380$92,400
California$79,420$57,820$100,860
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,410$63,110$93,050
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$79,270$65,010$105,540
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,130$60,460$99,490
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$79,070$60,050$93,030
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$79,060$61,410$81,230
Reno, NV$78,840$54,320$79,310
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$78,040$61,900$95,560
Texas$77,910$60,090$95,900
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$77,910$66,970$97,440
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$77,630$60,830$94,120
Naples-Marco Island, FL$77,420$63,860$86,560
Arkansas$77,340$52,580$99,420
Maryland$77,330$39,380$92,880
Wichita Falls, TX$77,280$60,230$87,930
Waco, TX$77,260$55,140$95,090
Barnstable Town, MA$77,250$40,150$85,690
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,160$39,380$92,880
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$76,760$62,000$82,890
Boulder, CO$76,750$63,840$87,360
Nevada$76,450$54,320$95,750
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$76,400$36,910$100,490
Fresno, CA$76,340$60,010$93,080
Las Cruces, NM$76,230$57,930$86,390
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$76,210$58,770$83,770
Killeen-Temple, TX$76,100$54,780$80,380
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$76,010$61,680$89,780
Washington$76,010$60,430$86,410
Macon-Bibb County, GA$76,010$54,030$95,030
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$75,960$52,710$95,760
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$75,810$51,810$94,880
Spartanburg, SC$75,680$53,790$86,870
Richmond, VA$75,410$35,170$86,910
Rome, GA$75,130$38,870$90,680
Texarkana, TX-AR$75,100$58,610$96,080
Arizona$75,020$51,800$91,870
Lafayette, LA$75,010$20,290$76,700
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$75,000$60,900$80,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$74,880$54,520$96,760
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$74,880$48,780$75,870
Fort Smith, AR-OK$74,610$61,570$96,910
Worcester, MA$74,020$47,890$80,490
Corpus Christi, TX$73,930$53,580$85,970
Virginia$73,870$55,500$88,430
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$73,590$53,120$98,810
Oregon$73,580$60,020$82,240
Columbia, SC$73,550$59,110$86,220
Longview, TX$73,540$51,470$90,350
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$73,500$39,780$91,270
Roanoke, VA$73,490$56,940$81,430
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$73,450$58,890$82,020
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$73,430$61,080$82,330
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$73,300$62,940$78,640
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$73,270$48,590$85,300
Tyler, TX$73,240$48,570$87,720
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$73,220$58,910$100,770
Asheville, NC$73,090$59,690$80,000
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$73,060$58,650$79,240
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$73,030$59,780$84,070
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$73,010$56,440$83,160
South Carolina$72,970$54,450$85,550
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$72,970$49,780$79,830
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$72,970$56,560$89,690
Tulsa, OK$72,920$55,310$87,030
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$72,910$38,650$81,060
Victoria, TX$72,870$63,030$90,130
New Jersey$72,800$60,310$94,860
Raleigh-Cary, NC$72,780$60,320$82,730
Massachusetts$72,750$45,100$84,560
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$72,610$55,240$97,580
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$72,550$61,120$77,290
Delaware$72,550$56,490$85,270
Amarillo, TX$72,520$52,790$79,730
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$72,500$57,600$80,240
Salem, OR$72,390$64,530$76,520
New Haven, CT$72,280$59,230$76,900
Port St. Lucie, FL$72,270$61,330$74,430
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$72,250$56,190$88,370
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$72,140$58,480$82,570
Wilmington, NC$72,060$55,940$83,060
Williamsport, PA$72,060$52,360$79,130
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$72,060$46,740$86,200
Florence, SC$72,030$48,760$85,780
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$71,850$47,640$86,790
Florida$71,800$59,050$79,840
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$71,790$58,800$105,850
Lynchburg, VA$71,660$61,820$81,790
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$71,660$51,330$87,490
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$71,570$55,740$81,970
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$71,570$54,850$76,760
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$71,260$57,360$80,030
Jacksonville, FL$71,230$60,340$78,640
Connecticut$71,210$52,240$78,960
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$71,050$58,240$80,890
North Carolina$70,940$57,780$80,960
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$70,910$51,720$84,420
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$70,890$41,890$80,660
Winston-Salem, NC$70,720$58,880$77,930
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$70,700$56,770$77,790
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$70,560$57,810$77,080
Gainesville, FL$70,550$60,750$74,730
Boise City, ID$70,190$57,190$96,740
Abilene, TX$69,920$61,020$88,720
New Mexico$69,850$35,770$86,390
Kansas City, MO-KS$69,680$54,600$80,700
Tucson, AZ$69,640$48,170$78,670
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$69,640$36,060$73,700
Idaho$69,630$52,990$90,780
Lake Charles, LA$69,590$25,320$107,120
Springfield, MA$69,420$38,520$78,720
Laredo, TX$69,230$47,540$94,090
El Paso, TX$68,880$52,300$82,260
Oklahoma$68,710$51,310$80,600
Colorado$68,650$41,890$83,820
Huntsville, AL$68,530$47,670$79,860
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$68,470$54,450$80,150
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$68,360$55,120$75,380
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$68,260$54,410$82,320
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$67,850$50,250$94,090
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$67,790$47,710$82,860
Montana$67,410$56,590$87,030
Jackson, MS$67,340$55,260$76,010
Greenville, NC$67,320$57,580$80,960
Fayetteville, NC$67,250$57,550$77,090
Vermont$67,160$48,100$92,680
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$67,160$61,900$78,050
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$67,010$58,000$88,390
Dover, DE$66,920$52,370$77,620
Colorado Springs, CO$66,850$56,610$83,820
District of Columbia$66,750$51,240$83,230
Tallahassee, FL$66,720$48,890$77,790
Pueblo, CO$66,700$56,830$98,430
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$66,560$21,050$79,580
New Hampshire$66,560$46,970$83,570
Charleston, WV$66,560$52,520$77,250
Manchester-Nashua, NH$66,560$63,960$85,350
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$66,530$56,190$81,000
Winchester, VA-WV$66,500$34,940$80,350
Columbus, OH$66,480$51,590$81,920
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$66,480$24,760$84,070
Homosassa Springs, FL$66,430$54,140$75,250
Oklahoma City, OK$66,420$51,190$80,600
Albuquerque, NM$66,290$33,560$86,610
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$66,250$57,930$75,370
Lancaster, PA$66,240$52,300$75,580
Reading, PA$66,200$48,840$76,010
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$66,180$30,630$78,540
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$66,170$60,210$74,890
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$66,110$56,150$81,730
Georgia$66,090$36,380$84,430
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$66,050$53,830$77,100
Kentucky$65,980$48,380$78,660
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$65,980$59,420$78,660
Louisiana$65,860$20,290$84,030
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$65,860$49,420$89,070
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$65,800$51,080$80,620
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$65,780$35,830$81,110
Springfield, IL$65,490$54,410$91,720
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$65,370$50,240$77,050
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$65,300$39,900$88,900
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$65,240$38,180$69,220
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$65,220$51,370$76,200
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$65,170$58,540$77,620
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$64,940$50,910$91,960
Kansas$64,880$55,290$79,400
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$64,700$26,240$82,040
New York$64,660$38,660$81,850
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$64,520$56,010$81,380
Columbus, GA-AL$64,360$36,100$73,370
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$64,340$52,410$76,010
Lexington-Fayette, KY$64,260$39,870$78,200
Monroe, LA$64,170$44,440$76,010
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$64,090$38,590$77,860
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$64,060$54,450$82,390
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,980$54,290$81,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$63,960$49,690$78,960
Springfield, OH$63,890$59,900$73,460
Wichita, KS$63,810$58,490$76,860
Illinois$63,710$47,830$77,780
Rhode Island$63,590$56,850$73,170
Greensboro-High Point, NC$63,540$59,330$79,400
Akron, OH$63,430$52,890$78,530
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$63,380$47,010$82,880
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$63,380$55,930$76,900
Hawaii$63,300$40,150$73,940
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$63,290$45,020$76,960
Urban Honolulu, HI$63,260$40,150$73,940
Cleveland, OH$63,180$50,260$78,250
Jackson, TN$63,120$58,090$76,520
Owensboro, KY$63,110$37,700$71,260
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$63,110$52,290$77,240
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$63,050$52,920$78,000
St. Louis, MO-IL$63,010$47,830$75,130
Evansville, IN$62,970$50,260$75,280
Ohio$62,960$50,840$79,210
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$62,870$35,360$77,250
Omaha, NE-IA$62,840$50,200$78,800
Missouri$62,830$46,500$77,620
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,780$36,050$79,150
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$62,750$51,730$77,340
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$62,690$40,210$78,780
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$62,680$49,990$75,920
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$62,670$47,530$79,840
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$62,540$52,090$78,210
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,510$58,440$73,840
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$62,440$56,160$84,370
Lawton, OK$62,400$48,030$81,430
Canton-Massillon, OH$62,350$54,540$71,770
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$62,290$52,020$77,340
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$62,250$42,570$89,590
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$62,190$19,790$84,030
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,180$54,530$77,230
Mississippi$62,160$51,260$78,180
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$62,160$50,460$76,570
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$62,130$53,920$83,470
Tennessee$62,060$23,600$77,290
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$62,050$45,210$73,840
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$62,030$49,090$71,520
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,000$44,360$72,800
Alabama$61,990$53,340$81,530
Iowa$61,980$50,010$78,600
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,900$38,920$76,090
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$61,890$49,340$79,020
Birmingham, AL$61,860$54,260$82,320
Toledo, OH$61,820$52,420$75,870
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,790$51,470$73,610
Johnson City, TN$61,780$55,670$75,580
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$61,650$52,360$82,330
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$61,560$50,660$77,400
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$61,470$50,330$76,960
Sandusky, OH$61,460$54,700$72,290
Michigan$61,460$49,570$78,010
Ann Arbor, MI$61,460$51,930$69,610
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$61,450$49,350$72,040
Pennsylvania$61,430$48,630$76,200
Indiana$61,390$38,400$78,410
Columbia, MO$61,370$53,980$71,480
West Virginia$61,320$50,540$77,240
Utah$61,280$30,710$82,040
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$61,270$37,340$78,410
Lincoln, NE$61,210$46,970$75,630
Fort Wayne, IN$61,160$49,520$74,310
Youngstown-Warren, OH$61,040$49,230$72,990
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$61,010$55,240$78,820
Topeka, KS$60,970$53,030$78,900
Nebraska$60,900$45,360$78,800
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,880$50,380$83,860
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$60,820$40,330$71,070
Minnesota$60,570$48,780$69,330
Manhattan, KS$60,450$49,790$67,210
Rochester, NY$60,430$35,740$77,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,430$35,210$74,830
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,340$36,380$85,750
Champaign-Urbana, IL$60,340$36,090$75,290
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,150$45,170$75,030
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$60,080$42,080$77,360
Pittsburgh, PA$60,000$47,150$72,890
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,980$33,860$72,610
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,960$49,880$83,770
Clarksville, TN-KY$59,950$52,000$75,110
Green Bay, WI$59,690$43,540$73,550
Knoxville, TN$59,680$23,220$77,340
Portland-South Portland, ME$59,650$46,080$71,950
Johnstown, PA$59,650$49,230$70,740
Chattanooga, TN-GA$59,580$22,950$76,010
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$59,560$51,260$78,180
Syracuse, NY$59,530$47,630$83,930
North Dakota$59,410$47,060$62,780
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$59,400$51,410$64,880
Maine$59,370$50,500$74,010
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,370$49,820$77,260
Savannah, GA$59,310$37,570$84,380
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$59,280$50,500$71,690
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$59,170$52,140$74,870
York-Hanover, PA$59,160$51,090$77,590
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,130$45,360$73,300
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,110$51,460$71,290
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,950$49,600$66,050
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$58,900$39,210$74,290
Pittsfield, MA$58,820$37,840$79,040
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,820$42,920$65,900
Lima, OH$58,810$50,190$65,610
Baton Rouge, LA$58,800$18,850$85,400
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$58,800$46,990$67,460
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,770$44,760$68,160
Chambersburg, PA$58,720$50,440$74,510
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$58,610$40,270$76,710
Altoona, PA$58,600$42,150$70,610
Springfield, MO$58,580$46,060$73,440
Wisconsin$58,400$45,200$72,820
Bloomington, IL$58,300$46,170$62,160
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$58,260$45,400$71,440
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$58,220$49,090$65,210
Ogden, UT$58,040$41,480$75,910
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$57,660$45,220$73,210
Wyoming$57,550$35,610$70,720
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$56,600$33,860$67,030
Utica-Rome, NY$56,540$39,390$73,260
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$55,920$35,130$67,120
Duluth, MN-WI$55,760$47,300$62,960
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$55,220$50,200$70,000
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$54,880$47,320$60,210
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$54,560$41,570$72,930
Erie, PA$54,430$33,090$71,730
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$54,160$47,300$63,400
Madison, WI$53,310$45,820$76,290
Peoria, IL$52,190$31,490$76,290
Eau Claire, WI$52,110$43,980$64,800
Alaska$51,840$33,140$93,810
South Dakota$51,820$34,470$70,670
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,820$34,470$60,640
Appleton, WI$50,290$44,230$72,820
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$49,340$34,290$71,900
Anchorage, AK$47,250$33,140$93,140

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The median annual salary for a Occupational Therapy Assistants is $68,340, with a typical range of $49,070 – $86,930 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Occupational Therapy Assistants positions typically start around $49,070 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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