Utah / Department of Human Services / Occupational Therapist
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $7,566, below the department median of $40,522.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Occupational Therapists — about 1,030 people — is $97,150. Department of Human Services pays a median base salary of $69,611 for this role, 28% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Occupational Therapists across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Human 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. Department of Human Services’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 4 of 6 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 Department of Human Services is $100,650, 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 2 Utah departments. In Department of Human Services, the median of $7,566 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Occupational Therapist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $55,059 ranks #19 of 20. See Occupational Therapist across all of Utah →
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/Department of Human Services
Source-specific fields
Angela Blaser works as a Occupational Therapist for Department of Human Services within DHS Substance Abuse & Mental Health. Angela earned $7,566 in 2019.