 Employment
and Earnings
Occupational
therapist assistants hold about 26,600 jobs in the United States.
About 28 percent of jobs for assistants are in hospitals, 27 percent are
in offices of occupational therapists, and 20 percent are in nursing and
residential care facilities. The rest are primarily in community care
facilities for the elderly, home health care services, individual and
family services, and state government agencies.
Median annual earnings of
occupational therapist assistants are about $48,230. The middle 50
percent earned between $39,240 and $57,810. The lowest 10 percent earned
less than $31,150, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $65,160.
Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of
occupational therapist assistants are:
|
Home health
care services |
$53,090 |
|
Offices of
other health practitioners |
50,810 |
|
Nursing care
facilities |
50,790 |
|
General
medical and surgical hospitals |
45,760 |
|
Elementary
and secondary schools |
41,850 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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