Compared with the local labor market
Occupational Therapist pay vs. New York
Across all employers in New York, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 11,690 people — is $96,390. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation pays a median base salary of $66,196 for this role, 31% below that figure — about the 12th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation sits in the local pay range
$64,770
$76,980
$96,390
$114,400
$133,700
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation median · $66,196
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in New York, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation’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. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation’s median base salary is 34% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$71,690
$82,510
$100,330
$116,670
$131,950
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation median · $66,196
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 New York range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 10 of 15 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 Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation is $46,119, 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 New York Public Authorities
Occupational Therapist is held in 3 New York Public Authorities departments. In Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation, the median of $46,119 ranks #3 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Occupational Therapist role in other New York Public Authoritiesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.