H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1122Rank #76Updated Jun 2026

Occupational Therapists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Occupational Therapists (SOC 29-1122). Based on 9,658 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$71,968
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$68,910
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$74,048
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
307
Rank #76 · 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 I1,467$67,787$71,968$75,712
Level II603$82,358$89,003$100,000
Level III116$94,266$104,042$114,400
Level IV60$97,011$116,199$128,960
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$67,787$71,968$75,712
Level II$82,358$89,003$100,000
Level III$94,266$104,042$114,400
Level IV$97,011$116,199$128,960

Top hiring states

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

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA1,807$86,133
2IL985$70,283
3NY984$68,016
4NJ776$68,890
5TX688$68,640
6FL563$65,520
7MD505$74,048
8GA290$66,206
9PA239$65,000
10MO159$62,400

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

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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