Occupational Therapists

Bright outlookJob zone 5: extensive preparationO*NET 29-1122.00

Pay and outlook shown for

median pay per year, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

$76k10th$108kMedian$132k90th

New workers start near $75,690; experienced workers reach $131,620. About 1,780 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

Job outlook

Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.

Employment change: +21.2%; Alamo region, 986 to 1,195 jobs · U.S. +14%
Openings a year: 72; in the Alamo region, from growth and people leaving · U.S. 10,200
Employed in 2024: 986; in the Alamo region · U.S. 160,000

Typical entry education: Master's degree

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Skills this career uses

The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.

Active Listening4.0
Monitoring4.0
Service Orientation4.0
Reading Comprehension4.0
Writing4.0
Speaking4.0
Critical Thinking4.0
Social Perceptiveness4.0

What the work is

Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.

Complete and maintain necessary records.
Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.

Education people in this job have

Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.

Bachelor's degree14%
Master's degree86%

Job zone 5, extensive preparation: A graduate or professional degree, usually after a bachelor's.

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