Highest-paying Cities for Occupational Therapy Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for occupational therapy assistants (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 assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $93,550, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for occupational therapy assistants. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $90,850). 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 assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$93,550	$71,990	170
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$90,850	$72,780	80
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$85,940	$61,290	30
4	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$84,980	$70,390	290
5	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$84,660	$51,650	30
6	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$83,660	$63,820	50
7	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$83,470	$60,570	30
8	Modesto, California	$82,360	$69,590	30
9	Salinas, California	$82,310	$63,820	n/a
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$81,980	$64,380	120
11	Lubbock, Texas	$80,430	$58,370	70
12	Laredo, Texas	$80,060	$29,500	40
13	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$79,670	$52,920	40
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,370	$55,760	1,110
15	Longview, Texas	$79,330	$57,630	60
16	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$79,260	$65,790	60
17	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$78,980	$48,980	40
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,940	$63,400	470
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,620	$64,590	1,560
20	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$78,520	$61,130	50
21	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$77,870	$50,640	50
22	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$77,740	$48,500	150
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,560	$60,750	220
24	Tyler, Texas	$76,960	$49,620	50
25	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$76,650	$54,170	960
26	Stockton, California	$76,410	$68,820	n/a
27	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$76,230	$57,910	100
28	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$76,220	$60,860	n/a
29	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$75,900	$47,800	30
30	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$75,770	$62,280	30
31	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$74,940	$62,350	540
32	Visalia-Porterville, California	$74,820	$59,750	40
33	Florence, South Carolina	$74,590	$43,120	30
34	Richmond, Virginia	$74,300	$50,840	150
35	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$74,060	$59,390	520
36	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$73,850	$56,260	70
37	Waco, Texas	$73,620	$48,590	50
38	Fresno, California	$73,390	$60,800	40
39	Yuma, Arizona	$73,200	$56,770	n/a
40	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$73,200	$49,040	70
41	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$73,120	$48,270	40
42	Corpus Christi, Texas	$73,060	$48,770	80
43	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$73,020	$49,180	340
44	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$73,000	$56,060	1,760
45	Rome, Georgia	$72,920	$57,220	n/a
46	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$72,800	$54,330	70
47	Lynchburg, Virginia	$72,800	$46,920	40
48	Macon, Georgia	$72,690	$57,420	40
49	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$72,680	$53,690	390
50	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$72,390	$54,470	30
51	Victoria, Texas	$72,020	$56,430	40
52	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$71,940	$52,940	50
53	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$71,900	$57,380	170
54	Camden, New Jersey	$71,820	$44,240	50
55	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$71,790	$55,320	500
56	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$71,580	$53,980	410
57	Abilene, Texas	$71,320	$54,560	30
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$71,310	$37,390	520
59	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$71,150	$58,140	60
60	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$71,110	$56,080	250
61	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,920	$49,330	1,260
62	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$70,910	$50,540	60
63	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$70,790	$56,560	50
64	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$70,720	$57,560	30
65	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$70,670	$44,870	60
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$70,510	$49,250	730
67	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$70,480	$54,190	80
68	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$70,420	$31,160	30
69	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$70,150	$55,690	70
70	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$70,130	$49,300	110
71	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,810	$56,250	30
72	Salisbury, Maryland	$69,680	$56,160	60
73	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$69,610	$52,090	40
74	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$69,500	$53,400	n/a
75	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$69,490	$53,220	40
76	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$69,280	$37,390	90
77	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$69,180	$58,620	60
78	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$68,640	$57,470	30
79	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$68,570	$26,740	30
80	Savannah, Georgia	$68,520	$52,000	50
81	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$68,240	$51,030	1,780
82	Amarillo, Texas	$68,230	$47,790	60
83	Punta Gorda, Florida	$68,050	$56,250	n/a
84	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$67,960	$61,040	100
85	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$67,870	$27,060	190
86	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$67,750	$61,370	150
87	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$67,710	$53,320	90
88	Anchorage, Alaska	$67,420	$26,790	30
89	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$67,400	$61,380	130
90	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$67,370	$53,410	140
91	Tucson, Arizona	$67,300	$58,700	120
92	New Bern, North Carolina	$67,110	$43,500	70
93	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$66,910	$40,900	30
94	Roanoke, Virginia	$66,740	$48,240	80
95	Jacksonville, Florida	$66,620	$53,880	270
96	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$66,530	$31,210	60
97	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$66,490	$52,000	50
98	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$66,470	$55,530	70
99	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,310	$53,410	1,610
100	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$66,100	$47,190	170

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