Important Things You Must Do Or Know Before Becoming An Occupational Therapist.
Obviously, Occupational therapist salary varies depending on the state and institution one chooses to work in. Factors like reputation of the training institute, references, etc, also pay a huge role in determining the exact salary package offered to a therapist.
In the United States, for instance, states like California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Texas, are where occupational therapist salary is the highest!
What's more, occupational therapist salary consists of all the fringe benefits associated with other professions. You are thus entitled to paid holidays, bonus, and educational assistance for pursuing higher studies, health care insurance, basic insurance, benefits of tax compensation, etc. The fringe benefits can add up to more than $20,000 per annum.
Occupational therapist salary negotiation is possible in private institutions. Government health care institutions, on the other hand, have a set salary structure and usually pay as per your qualification and experience. The advantages of joining latter though are better work hours and more credibility.
An occupational therapist also has the flexibility of working at various medical and non-medical facilities. This means not only will you be able to create a comfortable life, but unlike other professionals will also have enough personal time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
If that wasn't all, an occupational therapist can also add to his/her income and job satisfaction by taking guest lectures in occupational therapy institutes and colleges. In fact after one has built a reputation, writing self-help books or e-books is also a great way to earn additional income and build a stronger reputation.
Occupational therapist salary, however, is not the only incentive that the job comes with. The personal satisfaction that you can get from the job is almost as much as if not more than the financial benefits it offers. Helping a person return to normality after a traumatic accident, injury or disease, seeing them smile again after losing hope can be some of the profound and touching experiences that one can have. As an occupational therapist these will be a part of your average workday.
How much money does Occupational Therapist Assistant / Physiotherapist Assistant make per year?
Just deciding what i want to be when i grow up, which is coming up very very soon.
Is it a good amount?
What is the average a person makes per year?
Don’t base your future career off of a salary number. Do what you want to do.
How much money do these careers make?
I’d like to know how much both a beginnig Spanish/English Interpreter makes and how much a occupational therapist makes as well. How much can they make as time goes on? RIght now Im working on a certificate program to become a Interpreter but I’m also considering going into occupational therapy with my main focus being physical therapy. Financially if I were to work in both these fields would that be a good thing to do money wise. Also Im not doing it just for the money, growing up I received therapy and I enjoyed it, same goes for Interpeting. Thanks for the help.
i dont know about the first one. but a therapy they do make 15 an hour starting off. i dont know if they changed it from how bad everything is.
Do Occupational Therapists get paid well?
In Massachusetts, do Occupational Therapists (OT) make good money? If you have any salary figures, I’d especially love for you to answer. Thanks.
Yes, in Massachusetts, the annual mean wage for occupational therapists is $66,940.
Do physical therapy assistants or occupational therapist assistants make more money? ?
And which job is better of the two? And why?
It’s so close it’s like splitting hairs. According to the bls, COTA’s median salary is about $42,000 and PTAs about $41,000.
I would argue that PTAs have more job opportunities. In my personal experience, PTs and PTA positions outnumber OTs and COTAs by almost 2:1…yet, there aren’t as many OTs and COTAs as PTs and PTAs so perhaps there are more jobs PER COTA…but this is just my speculation.
I know in our clinic, we have no interest in hiring COTAs…only OTs (in contrast we readily hire both PTs and PTAs)
OT, OTA, PTA, Respiratory Therapist?!?
Ok..here it goes…
There are many careers in the medical field I’m very interested in. However once I feel like I’ve made up my mind about choosing one I get discouraged by reading forums about it and people making negative comments about it. The careers that I would really love to do (I feel like) would be Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, or Respiratory Therapist.
I know I know, you’re probably going to say, go for Occupational Therapist-they make more money! The only problem is I’ll be in school for 3-4 more years:/ And I’ve already racked up about $6,000 in student loans just doing general studies!! Also, I’m sick of being a broke college student, I don’t know how well I’d handle it 3-4 more yrs:|. Would it be worth it???
I’ve heard Occupational Therapy Assistants make 40k-50k a year, which is fine with me really. But heard they really aren’t in demand like the bls.gov says they will be. The program is a lot easier to get into than the PTA program though, what is OTA job outlook like?
I’d really love to do PTA, but I’m not certain if I can get into the program so I guess I’m kind of using OTA as a back up.. Has anyone gotten into a PTA program? If so, was it difficult??
And last but not least!! Respiratory therapist! My grandmother died on breathing tubes, I helped care for her for years while she had to live on oxygen through tubes/machines.. It had a huge effect on me and I would really love to help someone be able to be more comfortable through being able to breathe easier. Can you get a decent paying job as a respiratory therapist with an associate degree??? I’ve heard you can’t really advance much, but I’m not really looking to become my own boss. I just want a job helping people, while still being able to be financially stable and able to get a good job right out of college (which I know can be worrisome in this economy!)
Any info/advice on this careers would be helpful! Thanks:)
It really depends on you. If you can not handle sputum, RRT is not for you but a great field. Lots of jobs. Probably the most money of the three in salary.
COTA–there are jobs-probably the lost paying of the three
PTA–there are jobs
All three are tough curriculum’s for a 2 year degree. All are in demand. You can not go wrong with any of them. You need to feel which is better for your personality
Best wishes