Highest-paying Cities for Occupational Therapy Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for occupational therapy aides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of occupational therapy aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $66,730, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island is the highest paying city for occupational therapy aides. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $63,920). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of occupational therapy aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Occupational Therapy Aides

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$66,730	$38,090	40
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$63,920	$37,460	100
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,490	$34,410	n/a
4	Salt Lake City, Utah	$60,570	$29,690	30
5	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,460	$32,920	130
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$57,650	$23,730	40
7	Springfield, Massachusetts	$57,530	$29,560	n/a
8	Reading, Pennsylvania	$57,320	$27,100	n/a
9	Tucson, Arizona	$55,220	$22,080	n/a
10	Worcester, Massachusetts	$54,320	$31,920	60
11	St Louis, Missouri	$50,520	$31,830	70
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$47,800	$31,200	80
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,850	$44,840	250
14	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$44,060	$26,000	30
15	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$42,890	$22,820	n/a
16	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$42,880	$28,450	30
17	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$41,850	$25,530	90
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$41,600	$37,110	80
19	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$41,570	$23,360	30
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$39,240	$36,030	60
21	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$38,580	$28,300	60
22	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$38,570	$31,420	80
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,400	$27,040	70
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,270	$34,100	50
25	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$37,230	$29,360	60
26	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$37,210	$29,750	30
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$36,590	$26,260	160
28	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,310	$28,590	30
29	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$35,970	$27,940	30
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$35,530	$20,350	120
31	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$35,490	$31,640	n/a
32	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$35,290	$26,880	40
33	Syracuse, New York	$35,230	$27,840	n/a
34	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$34,820	$21,820	40
35	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$34,790	$24,410	30
36	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$34,630	$25,250	80
37	Appleton, Wisconsin	$34,080	$21,600	n/a
38	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$34,070	$25,470	40
39	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$33,880	$26,530	40
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$33,760	$26,600	60
41	Spokane, Washington	$33,130	$26,960	n/a
42	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$32,990	$25,620	n/a
43	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$32,900	$22,560	120
44	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$32,710	$25,620	380
45	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$32,390	$29,940	70
46	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$32,380	$22,330	n/a
47	Rockford, Illinois	$31,560	$25,890	50
48	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$31,480	$31,480	40
49	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$31,460	$24,500	n/a
50	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$31,310	$31,180	50
51	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$31,170	$19,560	90
52	Lincoln, Nebraska	$30,700	$22,030	30
53	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$30,540	$23,470	60
54	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$30,530	$23,220	n/a
55	Richmond, Virginia	$30,410	$29,720	30
56	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$30,320	$26,340	30
57	Fresno, California	$30,300	$27,070	40
58	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$30,100	$23,460	60
59	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$29,990	$18,130	30
60	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$29,880	$24,480	40
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$29,790	$22,080	110
62	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$29,610	$22,960	n/a
63	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$29,410	$24,970	190
64	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$29,090	$21,510	40
65	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$29,000	$24,520	30
66	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$28,600	$20,760	50
67	Lafayette, Louisiana	$28,400	$18,580	80
68	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$28,360	$20,880	30
69	Waterbury, Connecticut	$28,020	$22,710	50
70	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$27,870	$21,660	n/a
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$27,870	$20,770	490
72	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$27,730	$21,320	50
73	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$27,040	$20,730	140
74	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$26,900	$20,440	40
75	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$26,800	$21,080	50
76	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$26,730	$17,080	40
77	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$26,610	$21,420	50
78	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$26,550	$20,220	1,960
79	Peoria, Illinois	$26,410	$21,350	100
80	Gadsden, Alabama	$26,140	$21,380	30
81	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$25,440	$23,520	60
82	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$25,370	$20,230	n/a
83	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$25,230	$20,560	n/a
84	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$24,960	$22,080	120
85	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$24,600	$20,810	60
86	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$24,460	$23,910	70
87	Madison, Wisconsin	$24,320	$20,910	30
88	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$24,040	$18,360	30
89	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$24,040	$19,780	100
90	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$23,680	$20,550	n/a
91	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$23,510	$17,230	30
92	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$23,450	$19,770	30
93	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$23,210	$18,070	40
94	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$23,100	$20,020	180
95	El Paso, Texas	$23,030	$20,080	30
96	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$23,020	$18,140	30
97	Knoxville, Tennessee	$22,790	$18,660	n/a
98	Memphis, Tennessee	$22,680	$20,150	n/a
99	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$22,030	$17,520	n/a
100	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$21,770	$17,560	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for occupational therapy aides.