Families / Care

Occupational Therapist

Rebuilds the practical skills of daily living after injury or with disability. Improvisation and equipment design are part of the craft.

Pay band (est.)
$82k–$108k
Time to competence
6 years
Licence
Required
Setting
clinic
Leverage
low
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
55/100
Hours burden
55/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play47th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge29th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage14th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand84th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay63th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body43th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy18th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit14th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility68th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill44th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load98th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance74th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Reimbursement pressure; caseload volume over depth.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS-style outlook and wage patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.