School District of Philadelphia / Office of Specialized Services / Occupational Therapist
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
2 employees hold this title in Office of Specialized Services. Median total compensation for the role is $123,021, below the department median of $130,302.
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. Office of Specialized Services pays a median base salary of $123,021 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 79th 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 Office of Specialized Services’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 Specialized Services’s median base salary is 23% above that national figure, about the 81st 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 Office of Specialized Services is $123,021, 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 Office of Specialized Services, the median of $123,021 ranks #1 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 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.
Record list
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Occupational Therapist/Office of Specialized Services
Source-specific fields
Joy Graves-Jacobs works as a Occupational Therapist for Office of Specialized Services. Joy earned $123,021 in 2026. Their bargaining unit is Pft.
Occupational Therapist/Office of Specialized Services
Source-specific fields
Kathryn Carlin is a Occupational Therapist at Office of Specialized Services. 2026 total compensation came to $123,021. They are represented by Pft.