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Occupational Therapist Career Market Report 2026

2,425 active jobs. 183 companies. Median salary $100K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,425
Active Job Openings
183
Companies Hiring
$100K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Occupational Therapist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $100K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $80K to $281K.

Occupational Therapy is the most-demanded skill at 74%

Home Health demand rose +7.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Liquidpersonnel leads hiring with 250 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$36K, +47%)

Salary increase: +$36K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior45$71K$77K$146K
Entry-Level22$80K$208K$208K
Mid-Level5$86K$113K$177K
Senior5$83K$146K$146K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$36K (47%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States557$100KUSD
Canada20$82KUSD
Australia19$208KUSD
United Kingdom12$43KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.6%
Remote5.6%
Hybrid0.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Occupational Therapy
74%
Patient Care
31%
Home Health
24%
ACLS / BLS
17%
Scheduling
16%
CPR / First Aid
15%
Pediatrics
15%
Geriatrics
15%
EMR / EHR
15%
Mental Health
14%
HIPAA
10%
Speech Therapy
10%

Skills on the Rise

Home Health ↑+7.3ppEMR / EHR ↑+6.0ppCase Management ↑+5.6ppOccupational Therapy ↑+4.9ppGeriatrics ↑+4.6pp

Declining in Demand

Pediatrics ↓-8.4ppTalent Acquisition ↓-6.5ppTime Management ↓-6.2ppACLS / BLS ↓-5.3ppBilingual ↓-5.0pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Liquidpersonnel25010.3%
Allcaretherapies1596.6%
Medhealth1245.1%
Usphysicaltherapy1134.7%
Pacs1104.5%
Bayada1074.4%
Theperiscopegroup994.1%
therapymgmt622.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States1,217
Australia167
United Kingdom155
Canada34
Indonesia7
Georgia5
Germany5
Remote3

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.8%1,024
Master's Degree17.6%335
PhD / Doctorate6.0%114
Bachelor's Degree3.5%67

Certifications

CPR Certified (11%)BLS Certification (2%)

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