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Employment and Earnings
Occupational
therapist assistants hold about 33,000 jobs in the United States. The
largest employers of occupational therapy assistants were as follows:
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Offices of
physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists
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40%
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Nursing care
facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
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18
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Hospitals;
state, local, and private
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17
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Home healthcare
services
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6
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Educational
services; state, local, and private
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5
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The median annual wage for occupational therapy assistants was $59,010 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 $39,160, and the highest 10 percent earned more
than $80,090.
In May 2016, the median annual wages for occupational
therapy assistants in the top industries in which they worked were as
follows:
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Home healthcare services
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$66,430
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Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
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64,710
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Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists,
and audiologists
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59,600
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Hospitals; state, local, and private
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52,770
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Educational services; state, local, and private
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47,56
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Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
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