allied · SOC 29-1122

Occupational Therapists

National median $100,330 / yr · 162,450 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median

$100,330

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

AR

Score 72 · Arkansas

Top-paying metro

San Jose

$136,870 median

Top WageBench Score

74

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Top 10 destinations

Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.

Rank	Area	Annual Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	WageBench Score ↓
#1	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$122,050	$122,050	0.0%	—	✓	74
#2	Arkansas	$106,360	$102,637	3.5%	87	✓	72
#3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$109,860	$109,860	0.0%	—	✓	71
#4	Georgia	$104,010	$98,393	5.4%	96	✓	70
#5	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$101,480	$101,480	0.0%	—	✓	70
#6	South Carolina	$101,130	$95,568	5.5%	94	✓	70
#7	Oklahoma	$104,300	$99,607	4.5%	88	✓	70
#8	Ohio	$99,390	$96,408	3.0%	93	✓	70
#9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$105,490	$100,216	5.0%	—	✓	70
#10	New Mexico	$99,170	$94,311	4.9%	92	✓	70

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$71,690
P25
$82,510
MEDIAN
$100,330
P75
$116,670
P90
$131,950

Hourly mean

$49

Hourly median

$48

Annual mean

$101,280

Total US jobs

162,450

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 542 scored areas total.

StateMin WageBench ScoreNLC compact only

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$122,050	$122,050	0.0%	—	✓	23	74
Arkansas	AR	$106,360	$102,637	3.5%	87	✓	24	72
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$109,860	$109,860	0.0%	—	✓	21	71
Georgia	GA	$104,010	$98,393	5.4%	96	✓	24	70
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$101,480	$101,480	0.0%	—	✓	24	70
South Carolina	SC	$101,130	$95,568	5.5%	94	✓	24	70
Oklahoma	OK	$104,300	$99,607	4.5%	88	✓	21	70
Ohio	OH	$99,390	$96,408	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$105,490	$100,216	5.0%	—	✓	24	70
New Mexico	NM	$99,170	$94,311	4.9%	92	✓	24	70
Missouri	MO	$97,290	$92,912	4.5%	91	✓	24	70
Mississippi	MS	$94,930	$90,753	4.4%	87	✓	25	70
Tennessee	TN	$97,700	$97,700	0.0%	92	✓	23	70
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	TX	$107,650	$107,650	0.0%	—	✓	23	70
Louisiana	LA	$98,490	$95,535	3.0%	88	✓	23	70
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$136,770	$128,564	6.0%	—	—	24	70
Texas	TX	$106,140	$106,140	0.0%	97	✓	23	70
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	CA	$136,870	$128,658	6.0%	—	—	24	70
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$107,500	$102,770	4.4%	—	✓	22	70
North Carolina	NC	$92,940	$88,990	4.3%	94	✓	24	69
Washington	WA	$107,670	$107,670	0.0%	107	✓	21	69
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	FL	$99,520	$99,520	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	TN	$100,630	$100,630	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
Indiana	IN	$97,020	$94,061	3.0%	93	✓	23	69
West Virginia	WV	$96,190	$91,573	4.8%	89	✓	23	69

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Employer benchmark

National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.

WageBench Score blends pay, taxes, COL, demand, license access and livability into one 0-100 number.