School District of Philadelphia / Marshall, Thurgood School / Occupational Therapist
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Marshall, Thurgood School. Median total compensation for the role is $80,066, above the department median of $55,770.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 3,410 people — is $103,140. Marshall, Thurgood School pays a median base salary of $80,066 for this role, 22% below that figure — about the 15th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Marshall, Thurgood School’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. Marshall, Thurgood School’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 22nd 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Marshall, Thurgood School is $80,066, 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 71 School District of Philadelphia departments. In Marshall, Thurgood School, the median of $80,066 ranks #55 of 71.
Median total compensation for the Occupational Therapist role in other School District of Philadelphiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In School District of Philadelphia, the median of $89,751 ranks #14 of 20. See Occupational Therapist across all of School District of Philadelphia →
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.
Record list
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Occupational Therapist/Marshall, Thurgood School
Source-specific fields
Shana Caplan works as a Occupational Therapist for Marshall, Thurgood School. Shana earned $80,066 in 2026. Their bargaining unit is Pft.