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Industries with Fastest Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides Salary Growth

These industries raised Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

25
Industries with Growth
+40.1%
Highest Growth
+17.3%
Average Growth
2
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 25 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Individual and Family Services $43,480 $60,930 +$17,450 +40.1%
2 Management of Companies and Enterprises $53,550 $72,800 +$19,250 +35.9%
3 Educational Services $51,330 $68,110 +$16,780 +32.7%
4 Social Assistance $45,220 $57,010 +$11,790 +26.1%
5 Educational Support Services $58,020 $71,770 +$13,750 +23.7%
6 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) $38,290 $45,830 +$7,540 +19.7%
7 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $52,390 $62,400 +$10,010 +19.1%
8 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $52,900 $62,590 +$9,690 +18.3%
9 Home Health Care Services $64,860 $76,740 +$11,880 +18.3%
10 Temporary Help Services $63,350 $74,880 +$11,530 +18.2%
11 Administrative and Support Services $64,820 $75,320 +$10,500 +16.2%
12 Employment Services $65,000 $75,500 +$10,500 +16.2%
13 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $65,280 $75,590 +$10,310 +15.8%
14 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $65,060 $75,210 +$10,150 +15.6%
15 Offices of All Other Health Practitioners $64,330 $73,300 +$8,970 +13.9%
16 Elementary and Secondary Schools $50,180 $57,060 +$6,880 +13.7%
17 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $51,210 $58,090 +$6,880 +13.4%
18 Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly $64,780 $73,290 +$8,510 +13.1%
19 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals $58,380 $65,980 +$7,600 +13.0%
20 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $55,350 $62,480 +$7,130 +12.9%
21 Hospitals $54,070 $60,850 +$6,780 +12.5%
22 Ambulatory Health Care Services $59,880 $64,800 +$4,920 +8.2%
23 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $59,510 $64,240 +$4,730 +7.9%
24 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $59,540 $64,260 +$4,720 +7.9%
25 Outpatient Care Centers $58,300 $58,510 +$210 +0.4%

2 Industries with Salary Decline

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Decrease % Decline
1 Offices of Physicians $55,380 $47,000 -$8,380 -15.1%
2 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $51,800 $45,980 -$5,820 -11.2%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.

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