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Occupational Therapy Provider Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Occupational Therapy Providers Job Overview

Occupational therapy providers help people who suffer from mental, emotional and physical conditions of disability. They assist these patients live their lives as normally and easily as possible. They try to help patients live independent and fulfilling lives.

Occupational Therapy Providers Schools and Degrees

A master’s degree in occupational therapy is required in order to become an occupational therapy provider. It is also important to pass national and state level examinations and have six months of field work under the supervision of an authorized expert.

Job Requirements

Most states control the practice of occupational therapy. Licensure and the title of Occupational Therapist Registered is earned after passing the national certification examination. Occupational therapists who wish to work in early intervention plans may also need to have a certificate for educational practice.

Occupational therapy providers should add to their professional growth by enrolling in ongoing education programs in their field of work. They should also participate in workshops. In many states, continuing education is required in order to maintain licensure.

Occupational therapy providers need to earn the faith and respect of their patients in order to help them in the easiest way possible. Strong interpersonal skills are an important requirement for an occupational therapy provider. Resourcefulness and creativity in adapting activities to individual requirements is an advantage.

Nature of Work

Occupational therapy providers help patients improve their basic motor activities. They also try to improve their reasoning skills and help them adapt to their condition in the easiest and most productive way possible. They help them do physical exercises so they are able to take care of their own everyday needs like dressing and eating. To patients who are permanently impaired, they teach the use of instruments like wheel chairs and dressing aids. They also chronicle the patients’ recovery rates for future references.

Occupational therapy providers working in hospitals and health care environments work in big rooms with the machines and tools that are required to help patients. They may have to be on their feet with patients for long periods of time. As such, they may suffer from stress and back problems. Those who opt for home care services spend a lot of time traveling from one appointment to the next.

Occupational Therapy Providers Jobs and Outlook

According to research in 2006, occupational therapy providers held about 99,000 jobs in the US. Employment is highest in the following industries:

  • Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
  • Home Health Care Services
  • Nursing Care Facilities
  • Offices of Other Health Practitioners

The mean hourly wage for occupational therapy providers in the US is about $30.00, while the mean annual saslary is around $60,000.

Job Numbers and Growth

About 99,000 occupational therapy providers can be found working in the US. A very low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 1%.

Area Job Conditions

Finding employees is easiest in Haverhill (Massachusetts), Wichita Falls (Texas), and San Angelo (Texas), and by comparison more challenging in Huntsville (Alabama), Davenport (Iowa), and Bakersfield (California).

The pay is best in Terre Haute (Indiana), Naples (Florida), and Valdosta (Georgia) and worst in Phoenix (Arizona), Wichita Falls (Texas), and San Angelo (Texas).

Training and Education

You'll generally want a master's degree for this career path. Of current occupational therapy providers, 90% graduated from college with degrees. Some 9% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Occupational therapy providers working part-time accounted for 30% of those employed in 2008. Self-employed workers represent an estimated 9% of the total.

Occupational Therapy Providers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Birmingham$66,000430+18%
Gadsden$76,00050+151%
Huntsville$72,00050-65%
Mobile$56,000100-19%
Montgomery$77,00060-48%
Tuscaloosa$62,00030-48%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$70,000100-8%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Flagstaff$70,00040+18%
Phoenix$50,000980-26%
Prescott$71,000110+183%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$61,00070-48%
Fort Smith$72,00060-23%
Little Rock$68,000370+57%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$77,00050-73%
Chico$85,00070+60%
Fresno$81,000170-26%
Modesto$63,00080-28%
Oakland$82,000570-22%
Oxnard$84,000230+12%
Riverside$78,000430-52%
Sacramento$82,000510-19%
Salinas$79,00080-23%
San Diego$76,000810-14%
San Francisco$93,000380-46%
San Jose$81,000420-35%
Santa Ana$79,000970-10%
Santa Barbara$79,00050-56%
Santa Cruz$60,00030-47%
Santa Rosa$67,000100-20%
Stockton$79,00080-45%
Vallejo$78,00050-38%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boulder$62,000180+66%
Colorado Springs$68,000200+16%
Denver$65,0001,010+14%
Fort Collins$62,000150+88%
Grand Junction$62,00040+14%
Greeley$58,00080+68%
Pueblo$63,00040+21%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport$75,000490+61%
Danbury$72,00050+11%
Hartford$79,000600+48%
New Haven$73,000290+50%
Norwich$67,00090+9%
Waterbury$81,00080+86%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Wilmington$63,000260+14%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$77,000910-44%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$70,00090-37%
Deltona$69,00090-13%
Fort Lauderdale$75,000470-9%
Gainesville$55,000150+99%
Jacksonville$69,000380-10%
Lakeland$75,00050-62%
Miami$71,000750+7%
Naples$96,00080+1%
Ocala$72,00040-35%
Palm Bay$55,000140+5%
Pensacola$67,00060-40%
Port St Lucie$81,000110+31%
Punta Gorda$77,00040+69%
Sarasota$64,000250+39%
Sebastian$78,00050+70%
Tallahassee$62,000110+1%
Tampa$80,000760-12%
West Palm Beach$74,000310-18%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Athens$65,00040-16%
Atlanta$71,000980-42%
Augusta$65,000180+29%
Columbus$64,00040-44%
Macon$68,00060-7%
Rome$64,00040+85%
Savannah$67,00060-40%
Valdosta$89,00070+103%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$66,000190-38%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$61,000210+14%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$62,00030-33%
Champaign$76,00070+15%
Chicago$75,0002,840+5%
Peoria$72,000100-13%
Rockford$72,00090-12%
Springfield$61,00030-55%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$61,00030+26%
Bloomington$61,00060+38%
Elkhart$76,00050-42%
Evansville$61,000190+62%
Fort Wayne$63,000190+31%
Gary$82,000210+9%
Indianapolis$70,000950+51%
Kokomo$73,00030+43%
South Bend$62,00090-1%
Terre Haute$92,00040-9%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cedar Rapids$55,00080-11%
Davenport$60,00040-68%
Des Moines$59,000200-12%
Iowa City$63,00040-12%
Waterloo$57,00050-9%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Topeka$65,00080+10%
Wichita$67,000210-1%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Elizabethtown$68,00030+14%
Lexington$63,000100-40%
Louisville$71,000340-21%
Owensboro$63,00030+2%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$65,00060+61%
Baton Rouge$70,000270+5%
Lafayette$73,00060-38%
Lake Charles$75,00030-46%
Monroe$68,00040-20%
New Orleans$77,000290-19%
Shreveport$73,000210+77%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lewiston$57,00040+33%
Portland$57,000190+38%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$78,0001,320+43%
Bethesda$80,000290-28%
Cumberland$72,00060+186%
Hagerstown$76,00040-38%
Salisbury$72,00070+117%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$73,000140+114%
Boston$68,0001,870+54%
Brockton$61,00090+57%
Framingham$56,000240+120%
Haverhill$64,000230+367%
Lawrence$62,00070+97%
Lowell$63,000120+50%
New Bedford$73,00060+48%
Springfield$63,000340+64%
Taunton$68,00050+78%
Worcester$71,000290+70%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$63,000220+97%
Battle Creek$65,00080+169%
Bay City$53,00040+95%
Detroit$67,000760+52%
Flint$55,000170+87%
Grand Rapids$62,000380+44%
Holland$67,00060-9%
Kalamazoo$64,000110+21%
Lansing$62,000130-1%
Muskegon$63,00050+33%
Niles$60,00040+3%
Saginaw$63,000120+147%
Warren$72,0001,230+51%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$58,000120+42%
Minneapolis$61,0001,340+6%
Rochester$64,000120+100%
St Cloud$59,000100+50%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$72,00070-2%
Hattiesburg$58,00050+42%
Jackson$68,000240+38%
Pascagoula$67,00080+180%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$61,00080+52%
Joplin$55,000100+95%
Kansas City$63,000850+17%
Springfield$69,00090-32%
St Louis$60,0001,250+31%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Billings$58,00040-23%
Missoula$61,00050+57%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$68,000110+0%
Omaha$58,000340+5%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Las Vegas$87,000430-34%
Reno$62,000160+13%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$58,000120+75%
Nashua$56,000140+52%
Portsmouth$66,00040+14%
Rochester$66,00050+42%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$78,00080-19%
Camden$78,000440+18%
Edison$81,000850+17%
Newark$81,000580-18%
Trenton$76,000250+71%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$54,000230-15%
Las Cruces$65,00060+57%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$61,000520+70%
Binghamton$68,000130+87%
Buffalo$52,000800+112%
Elmira$57,00040+92%
Kingston$70,00050+35%
Nassau$70,0001,000+13%
New York$72,0003,860+6%
Poughkeepsie$74,000180+10%
Rochester$61,000460+31%
Syracuse$64,000270+26%
Utica$60,000180+113%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$69,000170+41%
Charlotte$71,000520-17%
Durham$65,000330+75%
Fayetteville$67,00090+12%
Greensboro$78,000150-42%
Greenville$67,00060+33%
Hickory$63,000100-9%
Raleigh$61,000320-11%
Rocky Mount$77,00050+38%
Wilmington$52,000170+76%
Winston Salem$63,000220+50%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$50,00050+43%
Fargo$59,000100+31%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$69,000160-32%
Canton$83,000150+28%
Cincinnati$70,0001,020+39%
Cleveland$77,000810+8%
Columbus$67,000650-1%
Dayton$75,000300+10%
Lima$67,00040+24%
Mansfield$69,00040+25%
Toledo$82,000290+34%
Youngstown$69,000200+25%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Oklahoma City$65,000380-4%
Tulsa$59,000220-28%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$63,00060+39%
Eugene$72,00050-50%
Medford$64,00040-26%
Portland$63,000670-8%
Salem$64,00060-40%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Altoona$52,00070+89%
Erie$58,00070-16%
Harrisburg$70,000190-13%
Lancaster$64,000160-1%
Lebanon$67,00040+43%
Philadelphia$69,0001,980+48%
Pittsburgh$58,0001,210+51%
Reading$80,000190+71%
Scranton$57,000460+160%
Williamsport$58,00040+29%
York$65,000190+56%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$69,000540+36%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$59,000190-6%
Columbia$75,000220-10%
Florence$67,00080+49%
Greenville$65,000100-53%
Spartanburg$61,00070-14%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$57,00050+28%
Sioux Falls$57,000110+20%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$67,000150-6%
Jackson$63,00060+69%
Johnson City$64,00040-15%
Kingsport$74,00070-7%
Knoxville$66,000150-35%
Memphis$78,000330-24%
Nashville$69,000300-44%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene110+184%
Amarillo$63,00050-23%
Austin$56,000530-1%
Beaumont$72,00050-53%
Brownsville$66,000100+23%
Corpus Christi$50,000100-16%
Dallas$71,0001,700+14%
El Paso$85,000210+16%
Fort Worth$72,000640+5%
Houston$68,0001,270-31%
Killeen$69,00030-62%
Laredo$84,00070+32%
Longview$61,00030-50%
Lubbock$53,000130+63%
Mcallen$75,000180+21%
Odessa$74,00030-14%
San Angelo$32,00070+189%
San Antonio$73,000740+25%
Sherman$80,00040+71%
Texarkana$73,00080+139%
Tyler$73,00080+37%
Victoria$61,00050+77%
Waco$68,00050-20%
Wichita Falls$37,000110+208%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ogden$58,00080-41%
Provo$65,00050-55%
Salt Lake City$64,000170-61%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$59,00050-31%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charlottesville$67,000130+116%
Lynchburg$72,00080+23%
Richmond$66,000400-5%
Roanoke$74,000140+32%
Virginia Beach$72,000420-21%
Winchester$72,00060+87%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bremerton$68,00070+32%
Kennewick$71,00040-31%
Mount Vernon$65,00030+11%
Olympia$66,00050-17%
Seattle$68,000810-20%
Spokane$63,000200+41%
Tacoma$64,000270+46%
Yakima$74,00030-41%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$64,00070-28%
Huntington$71,00060-19%
Morgantown$66,00040+43%
Weirton$69,00060+139%
Wheeling$62,00030-24%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$64,00070-7%
Eau Claire$63,00060+23%
Fond$60,00030+14%
Green Bay$60,000170+51%
Janesville$62,00050+23%
La Crosse$59,00090+108%
Madison$61,000270+17%
Milwaukee$59,0001,050+76%
Oshkosh$62,00090+67%
Racine$54,00060+22%
Sheboygan$65,00060+70%
Wausau$58,00030-29%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Casper$63,00040+78%
Cheyenne$66,00030+16%

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