The 11 Most Sought After Cities For Occupational Therapists

A new report from InsiderMonkey.com has shined some light on some of the highest demand cities for occupational therapists. These 11 cities offer some of the best locations to travel to for temporary assignments and offer some of the most competitive salaries in the country!

Occupational Therapy is absolutely essential to a patient’s rehabilitation. Occupational therapists work on identifying and eliminating environmental barriers to independence and participation in daily activities. OTs also help clients to recover and maintain important skills that are used in the work space.

According to InsiderMonkey.com, they determined the cities with the highest demand for occupational therapists, by discovering which cities paid the highest salaries to occupational therapists as higher salaries are a direct result of high demand. In addition, the folks over at InsiderMonkey.com also linked the amount of Occupational Therapists living in a city to high demand. Then then took the average of both the criteria mentioned in order to determine the rankings.

All data is courtesy of InsiderMonkey.com

11. Tampa – St. Petersburg – Clearwater,

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Average annual salary in the city: $88,980
Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 50

Total number of jobs in the city: 960

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 23

Overall score: 13.5

10. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

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Average annual salary in the city: $87,980

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 67

Total number of jobs in the city: 1,560

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 9

Overall score: 15.5

9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC

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Average annual salary in the city: $88,440

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 55

Total number of jobs in the city: 1,530

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 11

Overall score: 17

7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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Average annual salary in the city: $100,510

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 11

Total number of jobs in the city: 500

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 49

Overall score: 20

7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA

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Average annual salary in the city: $88,210

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 57

Total number of jobs in the city: 2,360

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 3

Overall score: 20

6. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL

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Average annual salary in the city: $98,170

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 14

Total number of jobs in the city: 570

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 44

Overall score: 21

5. Edison-New Brunswick, NJ

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Average annual salary in the city: $93,050

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 34

Total number of jobs in the city: 1,260

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 15

Overall score: 25.5

4. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

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Average annual salary in the city: $94,430

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 26

Total number of jobs in the city: 1,050

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 22

Overall score: 26

3. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

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Average annual salary in the city: $114,320

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 1

Total number of jobs in the city: 550

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 45

Overall score: 27

2. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA

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Average annual salary in the city: $93,650

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 29

Total number of jobs in the city: 1,310

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 14

Overall score: 28.5

1. Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX

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Average annual salary in the city: $94,880

Ranking according to average annual salary in the city: 24

Total number of jobs in the city: 2,010

Ranking according to total number of jobs in the city: 5

Overall score: 35.5