support · SOC 31-2012

Occupational Therapy Aides

National median $39,160 / yr · 4,310 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$39,160

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

NC

Score 84 · North Carolina

Top-paying metro

Riverside

$68,550 median

Top WageBench Score

84

North Carolina

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	North Carolina	$66,190	$63,377	4.3%	94	✓	84
#2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$68,550	$64,437	6.0%	—	—	74
#3	New Mexico	$43,170	$41,055	4.9%	92	✓	72
#4	Nebraska	$44,980	$42,821	4.8%	90	✓	72
#5	Missouri	$38,890	$37,140	4.5%	91	✓	71
#6	Washington	$45,890	$45,890	0.0%	107	✓	71
#7	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$42,790	$42,790	0.0%	—	✓	70
#8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$40,200	$38,966	3.1%	—	✓	69
#9	Indiana	$38,250	$37,083	3.0%	93	✓	69
#10	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$41,400	$41,400	0.0%	—	✓	69

National wage distribution

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

P10
$29,430
P25
$35,920
MEDIAN
$39,160
P75
$46,780
P90
$70,200

Hourly mean

$21

Hourly median

$19

Annual mean

$44,110

Total US jobs

4,310

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 49 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
North Carolina	NC	$66,190	$63,377	4.3%	94	✓	24	84
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	CA	$68,550	$64,437	6.0%	—	—	24	74
New Mexico	NM	$43,170	$41,055	4.9%	92	✓	24	72
Nebraska	NE	$44,980	$42,821	4.8%	90	✓	20	72
Missouri	MO	$38,890	$37,140	4.5%	91	✓	24	71
Washington	WA	$45,890	$45,890	0.0%	107	✓	21	71
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	TX	$42,790	$42,790	0.0%	—	✓	23	70
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	PA	$40,200	$38,966	3.1%	—	✓	21	69
Indiana	IN	$38,250	$37,083	3.0%	93	✓	23	69
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	TX	$41,400	$41,400	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
Colorado	CO	$40,110	$38,345	4.4%	103	✓	22	69
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$38,550	$38,550	0.0%	—	✓	21	69
St. Louis, MO-IL	MO	$38,600	$36,863	4.5%	—	✓	24	69
Ohio	OH	$36,380	$35,289	3.0%	93	✓	23	69
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	GA	$38,090	$36,033	5.4%	—	✓	24	68
Connecticut	CT	$44,840	$42,598	5.0%	104	✓	21	68
Georgia	GA	$38,090	$36,033	5.4%	96	✓	24	68
Texas	TX	$37,180	$37,180	0.0%	97	✓	23	68
Wisconsin	WI	$36,760	$34,812	5.3%	94	✓	21	67
Pennsylvania	PA	$37,100	$35,961	3.1%	98	✓	21	67
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$44,980	$42,281	6.0%	—	—	24	66
South Carolina	SC	$31,950	$30,193	5.5%	94	✓	24	66
Oklahoma	OK	$34,670	$33,110	4.5%	88	✓	21	66
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	DC	$45,840	$42,860	6.5%	—	—	22	65
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	NY	$46,260	$43,392	6.2%	—	—	22	64

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Not published by BLS (24) — 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: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.

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