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Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Therapy Aides

The top 43 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $53,020, home health care services is the highest paying industry for occupational therapy aides. It is followed by local government, excluding schools and hospitals (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $31,160). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of occupational therapy aides in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 43 Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Therapy Aides

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Home Health Care Services	$53,020	$25,730	70
2	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$31,160	$17,970	90
3	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$31,030	$20,340	130
4	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$30,920	$20,410	250
5	Federal, State, and Local Government	$30,920	$20,410	250
6	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$30,810	$24,690	160
7	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$30,330	$18,370	70
8	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,330	$18,370	70
9	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$29,860	$21,620	1,340
10	Educational Services	$29,830	$20,180	370
11	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$29,730	$19,420	550
12	Hospitals - Local government owned	$29,710	$19,670	140
13	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$29,700	$21,420	1,550
14	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$29,690	$20,280	320
15	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$29,670	$20,200	840
16	State government, including schools and hospitals	$29,600	$22,260	290
17	Educational Services - Local government owned	$29,520	$20,170	320
18	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$29,180	$20,050	300
19	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$29,040	$19,380	1,520
20	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$28,950	$19,530	130
21	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$28,830	$19,360	1,320
22	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$28,640	$20,530	2,470
23	Hospitals - Privately owned	$28,620	$20,560	2,220
24	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$28,490	$22,890	80
25	Hospitals - State government owned	$28,330	$21,070	110
26	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$27,700	$20,470	160
27	Outpatient Care Centers	$27,150	$18,250	100
28	Social Assistance	$27,110	$18,430	400
29	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$26,870	$19,100	40
30	Individual and Family Services	$26,650	$17,710	230
31	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$26,620	$19,770	880
32	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$26,510	$19,750	870
33	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$26,350	$17,380	160
34	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$26,310	$18,900	40
35	Health Care and Social Assistance	$26,240	$18,290	7,900
36	Offices of Physicians	$26,160	$17,950	140
37	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$25,080	$20,300	60
38	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$22,560	$17,880	3,510
39	Employment Services	$22,180	$17,000	40
40	Administrative and Support Services	$22,180	$17,000	40
41	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$22,180	$17,000	40
42	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$21,940	$17,860	3,210
43	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$21,820	$17,850	3,130