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Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Therapy Assistants

The top 55 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $66,040, all other ambulatory health care services is the highest paying industry for occupational therapy assistants. It is followed by other ambulatory health care services industry (average annual salary $66,040). 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 assistants in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 55 Highest Paying Industries for Occupational Therapy Assistants

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$66,040	$44,640	110
2	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$66,040	$44,640	110
3	Home Health Care Services	$63,480	$43,630	1,930
4	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$61,440	$42,270	5,970
5	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$60,910	$41,350	6,940
6	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$59,310	$41,000	570
7	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$59,310	$37,930	16,240
8	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$58,970	$38,100	13,090
9	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$58,850	$37,780	13,340
10	Temporary Help Services	$58,270	$37,500	270
11	Administrative and Support Services	$58,170	$35,900	370
12	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$58,170	$35,900	370
13	Employment Services	$58,150	$35,890	370
14	Health Care and Social Assistance	$57,790	$37,710	29,400
15	Offices of Physicians	$56,020	$32,980	610
16	Outpatient Care Centers	$55,990	$37,530	240
17	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$55,170	$31,020	240
18	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$54,770	$30,970	50
19	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$54,620	$35,540	1,200
20	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$54,590	$35,310	1,180
21	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$53,990	$30,450	380
22	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$53,550	$34,730	30
23	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$53,200	$26,590	200
24	Child Day Care Services	$52,780	$34,670	40
25	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$52,440	$40,380	70
26	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$51,420	$29,030	140
27	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$51,340	$36,470	580
28	Hospitals - Privately owned	$51,290	$35,020	4,640
29	Hospitals - Local government owned	$51,280	$36,560	600
30	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$51,120	$35,330	5,470
31	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$50,250	$33,830	210
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$50,180	$35,260	4,070
33	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,960	$34,980	3,420
34	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$48,310	$37,180	390
35	Social Assistance	$48,290	$29,440	750
36	Hospitals - State government owned	$47,950	$39,120	230
37	State government, including schools and hospitals	$47,910	$37,210	650
38	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$47,250	$35,660	550
39	Federal, State, and Local Government	$47,250	$35,660	550
40	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$46,950	$31,940	3,020
41	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$46,940	$35,890	200
42	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$46,730	$27,900	90
43	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$46,530	$30,960	2,370
44	Individual and Family Services	$46,110	$30,070	500
45	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$45,740	$36,710	140
46	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$45,510	$29,220	1,470
47	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$45,470	$29,170	260
48	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$45,300	$28,870	1,610
49	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$45,190	$32,040	170
50	Educational Services - Local government owned	$45,060	$29,310	1,610
51	Educational Services	$45,030	$29,050	1,770
52	Educational Services - Privately owned	$44,300	$27,390	140
53	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$42,050	$27,020	120
54	Educational Support Services	$39,960	$30,980	120
55	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$38,910	$30,750	110