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Occupational Therapists
Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.
What an occupational therapist does
Become an occupational therapist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good occupational therapist
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- Teaching people how to do something.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $63 per hour with an average salary of $94,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $47 and $72 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $40,200 and $103,500 per year.
- 65% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $70 per hour with an average salary of $82,200 per year.
Occupational Therapist job outlook
- There are 3,426 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 338 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 13% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 10% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.