Georgia / Atlanta Independent School System / Occupational Therapist

Job-title file

Occupational Therapist

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

14 employees hold this title in Atlanta Independent School System. Median total compensation for the role is $100,061, above the department median of $66,865.

Employees: 14
Total payroll: $1.2M
Role median: $100,061
Agency median: $66,865
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,150$129,946+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 14 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Occupational Therapist pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 3,650 people — is $104,010. Atlanta Independent School System pays a median base salary of $102,234 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Atlanta Independent School System sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$75,290

$82,320

$104,010

$118,560

$128,610

Atlanta Independent School System median · $102,234

The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Atlanta Independent School System’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. Atlanta Independent School System’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 53rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$71,690

$82,510

$100,330

$116,670

$131,950

Atlanta Independent School System median · $102,234

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 12 of 14 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Atlanta Independent School System is $100,061, 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

This role across Georgia

Occupational Therapist is held in 83 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Independent School System, the median of $100,061 ranks #3 of 83.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Henry County Board of Education

$105,440 · 10

Bulloch County Board of Education

$100,063 · 4

Peach County Board of Education

$98,569 · 1

Dekalb County Board of Education

$96,219 · 27

Dawson County Board of Education

$94,936 · 1

Gilmer County Board of Education

$94,761 · 1

Cobb County School District

$93,822 · 53

Fulton County Board of Education

$93,006 · 39

Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education

$91,178 · 7

Habersham County Board of Education

$88,417 · 1

Hall County Board of Education

$87,731 · 14

Muscogee County Board of Education

$86,838 · 7

Median total compensation for the Occupational Therapist role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Occupational Therapist beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $77,542 ranks #17 of 20. See Occupational Therapist across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County

$198,240 · 141

City and County of San Francisco

$182,842 · 49

Seattle Public Schools

$141,956 · 67

District of Columbia

$136,480 · 12

Davis School District, Utah

$130,052 · 10

Texas

$129,430 · 61

Chicago Public Schools

$122,322 · 235

City of Boston

$120,013 · 88

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.

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