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Occupational Therapy Assistant Salary in Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of occupational therapy assistants in Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of occupational therapy assistants in Central New York nonmetropolitan area is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Occupational Therapy Assistants in Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$38,050
25th Percentile Wage	$42,110
50th Percentile Wage	$47,720
75th Percentile Wage	$55,630
90th Percentile Wage	$60,710

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for occupational therapy assistants in Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,050.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of occupational therapy assistants from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	2-Year Growth
2014	$47,720	7.06%	10.44%
2013	$44,350	3.63%	-
2012	$42,740	-	-

Table 2. Compare Occupational Therapy Assistant Salary in Central New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $47,720 in Central New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for occupational therapy assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of occupational therapy assistants in Central New York nonmetropolitan area is 34.6 percent (34.6%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and .9 percent (.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Buffalo-Niagara Falls.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$73,000
Nassau-Suffolk	$65,120
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$59,200
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$59,090
Rochester	$58,150
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$54,490
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$53,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$52,920
Binghamton	$52,810
Kingston	$51,990
Utica-Rome	$51,600
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$51,200
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$47,720
Syracuse	$47,650
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$47,300