Chicago Public Schools / Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery / Occupational Therapist
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employee holds this title in Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery. Median total compensation for the role is $128,174, below the department median of $136,949.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 5,960 people — is $99,860. Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery pays a median base salary of $102,387 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 162,450 people — is $100,330. Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 53rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery is $128,174, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Occupational Therapist is held in 2 Chicago Public Schools departments. In Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery, the median of $128,174 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Occupational Therapist role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In Chicago Public Schools, the median of $122,322 ranks #7 of 20. See Occupational Therapist across all of Chicago Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable Occupational Therapist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Madeline Minogue works as a Occupational Therapist for Office of Students with Disabilities, Service Delivery. Madeline earned $128,174 in 2026.