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Occupational Therapist Overview - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings -
Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations


Employment and Earnings
Occupational therapists hold about 114,600 jobs in the United States. The largest employers of occupational therapists are as follows: Hospitals; state, local, and private, 27%; Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists, 24%; Elementary and secondary schools; state, local, and private, 12%; Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities), 9%; and Home healthcare services, 9%.

A small number of occupational therapists were self-employed in private practice. These practitioners treated clients referred by other health professionals.

In terms of earnings, the median annual wage for occupational therapists was $81,910 in May 2016. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $54,200, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $119,720. In May 2016, the median annual wages for occupational therapists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows::

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)

$90,380

Home healthcare services

90,290

Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists

83,820

Hospitals; state, local, and private

81,710

Elementary and secondary schools; state, local, and private

71,480

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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