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Compensation & Workforce Survey

What do practitioners earn?

The AOTA 2023 Compensation & Workforce Survey Report is now available for all AOTA members.

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Compensation & Workforce Survey overview

AOTA, as part of its mission, regularly conducts a national survey of the marketplace for occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) to monitor workforce and salary trends in the profession.

With more than 11,000 responses, this is the most comprehensive data for workforce, salary, and benefits known to AOTA! 

Congratulations to the winners of the drawing for the AOTA 2023 Compensation and Workforce Survey:
Myrtle Evans
Katie Hall
Sergio Herrera
Alexia Plaster
Katie Sims
Ashley Verdon


Watch the webinar about the survey results
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Executive summary

The Executive Summary includes an overview of the occupational therapy workforce, including information related to faculty and students:

  • Profile of the profession
  • Work settings
  • Compensation overview and benefits
  • Workforce dynamics including job mobility, future plans of respondents, and unemployment trends
  • Students including demographics, future plans, and job market outlook
  • Salary overview by practice area
Executive Summary

AOTA disseminates salary, compensation data that are at least three months old. AOTA does not ask or connect these data to individual firms or organizations. These data are provided in aggregate form as a member benefit. An executive summary is available to non-members.