Occupational Therapists
United States. Estimated employment 162,450, with pages for 4 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1122
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$100,330 · 50th
$71,69010th
$82,51025th
$100,33050th
$116,67075th
$131,95090th
That is the median — half of occupational therapists in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Occupational Therapists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $101,460 | 11,640 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $97,720 | 410 |
| Binghamton, NY | $86,390 | 180 |
| Syracuse, NY | $86,110 | 470 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 162,450 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-1122, Occupational Therapists. Mapped to our taxonomy as occupational-therapists.
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