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Occupational Therapy Assistant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of occupational therapy assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of occupational therapy assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$56,060
25th Percentile Wage	$65,440
50th Percentile Wage	$73,000
75th Percentile Wage	$79,180
90th Percentile Wage	$89,960

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for occupational therapy assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $73,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,060.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of occupational therapy assistants from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$73,000	3.63%	19.58%
2021	$70,350	3.97%	-
2020	$67,560	-4.60%	-
2019	$70,670	7.41%	-
2018	$65,430	0.23%	-
2017	$65,280	2.96%	-
2015	$63,350	4.25%	-
2014	$60,660	0.66%	-
2013	$60,260	2.57%	-
2012	$58,710	-	-

Table 2. Compare Occupational Therapy Assistant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $73,000, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for occupational therapy assistants in state of New York, followed by Nassau-Suffolk (median annual salary $65,120). In comparison, the median annual salary of occupational therapy assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 10.8 percent (10.8%) higher than that in Nassau-Suffolk.

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