Compared with the local labor market
Occupational Therapist II pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 4,950 people — is $122,040. Health Services - Community Programs pays a median base salary of $87,768 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 14th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Health Services - Community Programs sits in the local pay range
$82,840
$99,700
$122,040
$131,760
$154,730
Health Services - Community Programs median · $87,768
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health Services - Community Programs’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. Health Services - Community Programs’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$71,690
$82,510
$100,330
$116,670
$131,950
Health Services - Community Programs median · $87,768
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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Health Services - Community Programs is $124,529, 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 jurisdictions
Occupational Therapist beyond Los Angeles County
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $198,240 ranks #1 of 20. See Occupational Therapist across all of Los Angeles County →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Occupational Therapistroles 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.