New York Occupational Therapist Salaries

By allied health world contributing writer
Published: February, 14 2010

Salary for Occupational Therapists in New York

The average annual New York Occupational Therapist salary in 2009 is $101,000.   This is considerably higher than the average national salary of $83,000.  Although it takes a number of years and much concentrated effort to prepare for work in this profession, the rewards are high in salary and job satisfaction.

Here’s the average New York occupational therapist salary by major city:

 Albany:  $108,000
 Buffalo:  $105,000
 Ithaca:  $110,000
 New York City:  $158,000
 Niagara Falls:  $105,000
 Rochester:  $104,000
 Syracuse:  $116,000

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New York Military Occupational Therapy Careers

Occupational therapists are in demand to work with returning war veterans with combat-related injuries.  This work requires a sensitive type of person who can work well not only with the injured veteran, but also with his/her family in adjusting to such traumatic changes in their lives.  To assess the extent to which the clients disability impacts their participation in day-to-day activities and how it effects things of importance to him/her, devising a plan to develop the skills they will need to become as independent as possible requires an especially astute individual.

In New York there are three centers addressing this need.   They are Guthrie Army Health Clinic in Ft. Drum, Keller Army Hospital at West Point, and VAMC Buffalo in Buffalo.