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H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1122Rank #75Updated Sep 2026

Occupational Therapists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Occupational Therapists (SOC 29-1122). Based on 10,563 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$71,968
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$69,826
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$74,797
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,153
Rank #75 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I2,279$68,255$71,968$74,890
Level II627$82,618$89,440$100,000
Level III122$94,843$105,405$114,400
Level IV62$97,308$119,413$129,740
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$68,255$71,968$74,890
Level II$82,618$89,440$100,000
Level III$94,843$105,405$114,400
Level IV$97,308$119,413$129,740

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA1,846$86,320
2IL1,317$71,906
3NY1,125$68,016
4NJ803$69,826
5TX707$68,640
6FL620$65,874
7MD546$74,048
8GA291$66,206
9PA242$64,740
10IN171$71,219

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$66k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$68k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$69k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$73k
FY2018$75k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$83k
FY2021$83k
FY2022$92k
FY2023$81k
FY2024$86k
FY2025$72k
FY2026$72k
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43 employers filed H-1B LCAs for Occupational Therapists — ranked, with certification rates and a sponsor-health signal.

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