support · SOC 31-2011

Occupational Therapy Assistants

National median $72,300 / yr · 51,290 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$72,300

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

AR

Score 73 · Arkansas

Top-paying metro

San Francisco

$97,860 median

Top WageBench Score

73

Arkansas

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	Arkansas	$78,940	$76,177	3.5%	87	✓	73
#2	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$81,500	$81,500	0.0%	—	✓	72
#3	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$82,620	$78,489	5.0%	—	✓	72
#4	Texas	$81,500	$81,500	0.0%	97	✓	72
#5	New Mexico	$77,020	$73,246	4.9%	92	✓	71
#6	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$81,170	$81,170	0.0%	—	✓	71
#7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$77,590	$77,590	0.0%	—	✓	71
#8	South Carolina	$73,740	$69,684	5.5%	94	✓	70
#9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$78,180	$73,958	5.4%	—	✓	70
#10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$97,860	$91,988	6.0%	—	—	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
$51,490
P25
$61,710
MEDIAN
$72,300
P75
$79,160
P90
$89,780

Hourly mean

$34

Hourly median

$35

Annual mean

$70,710

Total US jobs

51,290

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 343 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
Arkansas	AR	$78,940	$76,177	3.5%	87	✓	24	73
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$81,500	$81,500	0.0%	—	✓	23	72
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$82,620	$78,489	5.0%	—	✓	24	72
Texas	TX	$81,500	$81,500	0.0%	97	✓	23	72
New Mexico	NM	$77,020	$73,246	4.9%	92	✓	24	71
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	TX	$81,170	$81,170	0.0%	—	✓	23	71
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$77,590	$77,590	0.0%	—	✓	21	71
South Carolina	SC	$73,740	$69,684	5.5%	94	✓	24	70
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	GA	$78,180	$73,958	5.4%	—	✓	24	70
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$97,860	$91,988	6.0%	—	—	24	70
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	TX	$79,240	$79,240	0.0%	—	✓	23	70
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	TX	$81,340	$81,340	0.0%	—	✓	23	70
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$76,980	$73,593	4.4%	—	✓	22	70
Georgia	GA	$75,920	$71,820	5.4%	96	✓	24	70
Maryland	MD	$82,010	$77,910	5.0%	105	✓	24	70
Raleigh-Cary, NC	NC	$75,620	$72,406	4.3%	—	✓	24	70
Jacksonville, FL	FL	$70,540	$70,540	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	PA	$76,440	$74,093	3.1%	—	✓	21	69
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	FL	$72,630	$72,630	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
North Carolina	NC	$69,390	$66,441	4.3%	94	✓	24	69
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$72,780	$69,687	4.3%	—	✓	24	69
Washington	WA	$77,590	$77,590	0.0%	107	✓	21	69
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$71,310	$71,310	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Montana	MT	$72,800	$69,014	5.2%	95	✓	22	69
Missouri	MO	$66,070	$63,097	4.5%	91	✓	24	69

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Not published by BLS (1) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Vermont.

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