Occupational Therapist

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 3,650 people — is $104,010. Houston County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $71,600 for this role, 31% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 6 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Houston County Board of Education is $68,737, 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.

Occupational Therapist is held in 83 Georgia departments. In Houston County Board of Education, the median of $68,737 ranks #42 of 83.

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 →

• Assistant Principal 100
• Bookkeeper 19
• Bus Driver 212
• Custodial Personnel 220
• Data Clerk 44
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 37
• Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 22
• Elementary Counselor 26
• English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 38
• Food Service Administrator 14
• General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 30
• Gifted 91
• Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 114
• Gifted High 61
• Grade 1 Teacher 107
• Grade 2 Teacher 110
• Grade 3 Teacher 109
• Grade 4 Teacher 73
• Grade 5 Teacher 91
• Grade 6 Teacher 75
• Grade 7 Teacher 77
• Grade 8 Teacher 74
• Grades 6-8 Teacher 15
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 317
• Grades K-5 Teacher 15
• High School Counselor 31
• Instructional Specialist 19
• Instructional Specialist P-8 140
• Instructional Supervisor 18
• Kindergarten Teacher 108
• Librarian/Media Specialist 41
• Lottery Pre-School Teacher 59
• Maintenance Personnel 118
• Middle School Career, Technical and Agricultural Teacher 32
• Middle School Counselor 19
• Military Science Teacher 13
• Miscellaneous Activities 976
• Nursing Assistant / Health Technician 42
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 57
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 156
• Parent Coordinator 19
• Preschool Special Education Teacher 17
• Principal 43
• School Food Service Manager 45
• School Food Service Worker 429
• School Nurse 12
• School Psychologist 13
• School Secretary/Clerk 23
• Secretary 49
• Special Education Bus Aide 91
• Special Education Interrelated 246
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 301
• Speech-Language Pathologist 46
• Teacher of Autistic Students 17
• Teacher of Mild Intellectual 32
• Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 28
• Teacher of Profound Intellectual 13
• Technology Specialist 32
• Vocational 56
• Warehouseman 14