Occupational Therapists · SOC 29-1122

Occupational Therapist Salary in the Augusta Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area

Figures describe the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Augusta city limits.

Median annual wage$99,880
Median hourly wage$48.02

Occupational Therapists in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area earned a median of $99,880 per year ($48.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $75,990 at the 10th percentile to $118,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 260 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Occupational Therapists in the Augusta metro area earn more than $99,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $82,170 and $107,180.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$75,990$82,170$99,880$107,180$118,080
Hourly$36.54$39.51$48.02$51.53$56.77

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Augusta metro areathis metro area
    $99,880 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $82,170 to $107,180
  • Georgiastate (GA)
    $104,010 median for Georgia; middle half earns $82,320 to $118,560
  • $100,330 median for United States; middle half earns $82,510 to $116,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −4% vs Georgia overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$54,000$81,623$109,247$136,870San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $54,000Ames, IA — $73,810Midland, MI — $74,670Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $77,900Mansfield, OH — $78,420Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $78,770Fond du Lac, WI — $79,390Hattiesburg, MS — $79,590Kankakee, IL — $79,620Cedar Rapids, IA — $79,690Champaign-Urbana, IL — $80,040Great Falls, MT — $80,390Bangor, ME — $80,780Grand Forks, ND-MN — $80,830Bay City, MI — $80,880Hammond, LA — $81,190Fayetteville, NC — $81,240Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $81,450Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $81,520Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $81,560Rochester, NY — $81,750Fargo, ND-MN — $81,870Hot Springs, AR — $82,410La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $82,560Burlington, NC — $82,640Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $82,720Bismarck, ND — $83,080Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $83,160Elmira, NY — $83,190Manchester-Nashua, NH — $83,520Asheville, NC — $83,660Lake Charles, LA — $83,840Jackson, MI — $83,880Raleigh-Cary, NC — $84,080Johnstown, PA — $84,150Bowling Green, KY — $84,250Traverse City, MI — $84,260Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $84,310Duluth, MN-WI — $84,440Sheboygan, WI — $84,520Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $84,630Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $84,660Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $84,690Monroe, MI — $84,780Lima, OH — $84,890Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $84,960Rochester, MN — $85,000Billings, MT — $85,340Casper, WY — $85,450Jacksonville, NC — $85,540Flint, MI — $85,550Lafayette, LA — $85,710Utica-Rome, NY — $85,920Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $85,990Syracuse, NY — $86,110Binghamton, NY — $86,390Wilmington, NC — $86,420Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $86,490Portland-South Portland, ME — $86,530Fort Wayne, IN — $86,580Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $86,590Goldsboro, NC — $86,870Altoona, PA — $86,900Grand Island, NE — $87,190Missoula, MT — $87,300Jackson, TN — $87,360Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $87,390Gadsden, AL — $87,620Mankato, MN — $87,770Niles, MI — $88,360Manhattan, KS — $88,610Green Bay, WI — $88,730Dothan, AL — $89,380Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $89,600Minot, ND — $89,670Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $89,720Evansville, IN — $89,850Wausau, WI — $90,030Bloomington, IL — $90,060Appleton, WI — $90,310Mobile, AL — $90,630Sandusky, OH — $90,710Pocatello, ID — $90,740Pittsburgh, PA — $90,860Charleston, WV — $91,520Iowa City, IA — $91,560Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $91,670Youngstown-Warren, OH — $92,200Kokomo, IN — $92,320Valdosta, GA — $92,430Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $92,580Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $92,600Eau Claire, WI — $92,610St. Joseph, MO-KS — $92,640South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $92,680Morristown, TN — $93,010Kenosha, WI — $93,120Joplin, MO-KS — $93,410Cheyenne, WY — $93,430Erie, PA — $93,560Farmington, NM — $93,590Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $93,600Huntsville, AL — $93,620Omaha, NE-IA — $93,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $93,750Winston-Salem, NC — $93,780Beckley, WV — $93,820Montgomery, AL — $93,910St. Cloud, MN — $93,950Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $94,020Muncie, IN — $94,050Dubuque, IA — $94,210Paducah, KY-IL — $94,250Morgantown, WV — $94,330Springfield, OH — $94,330Terre Haute, IN — $94,410Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $94,450Idaho Falls, ID — $94,480Knoxville, TN — $94,490Columbus, GA-AL — $94,580Ocala, FL — $94,630Janesville-Beloit, WI — $94,750Bozeman, MT — $94,880Johnson City, TN — $94,940State College, PA — $94,940Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $95,070Glens Falls, NY — $95,110Jefferson City, MO — $95,110Kingston, NY — $95,200Birmingham, AL — $95,250Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $95,420Vineland, NJ — $95,440Reading, PA — $95,470Elizabethtown, KY — $95,550Tallahassee, FL — $95,550Dover, DE — $95,610Madison, WI — $95,670Owensboro, KY — $95,740St. Louis, MO-IL — $95,770Lexington-Fayette, KY — $95,820Pittsfield, MA — $95,820Savannah, GA — $95,830Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $95,860Ogden, UT — $95,940Ann Arbor, MI — $95,950Chattanooga, TN-GA — $95,960Sebring, FL — $95,960Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $96,040Saginaw, MI — $96,070Logan, UT-ID — $96,200Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $96,310Lincoln, NE — $96,320Springfield, MA — $96,450Lubbock, TX — $96,560Rockford, IL — $96,620Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $96,740Laredo, TX — $96,760Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $96,790Greensboro-High Point, NC — $96,820Peoria, IL — $96,920Chambersburg, PA — $97,020Killeen-Temple, TX — $97,040Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $97,130Gainesville, FL — $97,130Springfield, MO — $97,200Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $97,240Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $97,290Warner Robins, GA — $97,340Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $97,370Decatur, AL — $97,460Clarksville, TN-KY — $97,470Bloomington, IN — $97,480Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $97,550Auburn-Opelika, AL — $97,600Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,720Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $97,720Fort Smith, AR-OK — $97,740College Station-Bryan, TX — $97,870Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $98,000Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $98,010Roanoke, VA — $98,010Boise City, ID — $98,020Baton Rouge, LA — $98,030Canton-Massillon, OH — $98,040Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $98,090Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $98,240Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $98,240Worcester, MA — $98,300Jackson, MS — $98,340Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $98,440Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $98,450Alexandria, LA — $98,490Gainesville, GA — $98,490Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $98,500Akron, OH — $98,520Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,530Columbia, MO — $98,550Williamsport, PA — $98,580Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $98,710Harrisonburg, VA — $98,780Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $98,800Lebanon, PA — $98,860Columbus, OH — $98,920Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $98,930Lawton, OK — $98,940Monroe, LA — $98,980Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $98,990Wichita, KS — $99,000Yuma, AZ — $99,010Topeka, KS — $99,070Rapid City, SD — $99,120Albuquerque, NM — $99,170York-Hanover, PA — $99,180Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $99,230Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $99,250Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,280Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $99,310Jacksonville, FL — $99,340Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $99,400Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $99,460Rome, GA — $99,490Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $99,520Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $99,570San Angelo, TX — $99,570Kansas City, MO-KS — $99,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $99,860Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $99,880Port St. Lucie, FL — $99,940Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $99,960Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $99,980Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $100,040Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $100,080Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $100,160Twin Falls, ID — $100,310Pueblo, CO — $100,340Toledo, OH — $100,340Punta Gorda, FL — $100,430Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $100,570Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $100,630Coeur d'Alene, ID — $100,640Macon-Bibb County, GA — $100,680Wheeling, WV-OH — $100,680Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $100,760Tuscaloosa, AL — $100,760Rocky Mount, NC — $100,780Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $100,820Medford, OR — $100,820Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $100,850Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $100,870Tucson, AZ — $100,920Charlottesville, VA — $100,930McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $100,980Lawrence, KS — $101,060Athens-Clarke County, GA — $101,080Sherman-Denison, TX — $101,150Tyler, TX — $101,220Greenville, NC — $101,360Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $101,360Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $101,370New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $101,460Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $101,480Waco, TX — $101,500Florence, SC — $101,510El Paso, TX — $101,530Wichita Falls, TX — $101,720Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $101,940Battle Creek, MI — $102,230Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $102,340Amarillo, TX — $102,380Kennewick-Richland, WA — $102,460Lancaster, PA — $102,460New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $102,520Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $102,550Columbia, SC — $102,650Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $102,670Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $102,680New Haven, CT — $102,680Springfield, IL — $102,810Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $102,840Urban Honolulu, HI — $102,870Barnstable Town, MA — $102,900Ithaca, NY — $102,910Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $102,960Cleveland, OH — $103,060Lynchburg, VA — $103,060Flagstaff, AZ — $103,070Oklahoma City, OK — $103,080Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $103,140Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $103,580Anchorage, AK — $103,680Homosassa Springs, FL — $103,680Victoria, TX — $103,800Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $103,840Fairbanks-College, AK — $103,850Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $104,000Greeley, CO — $104,030North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $104,030St. George, UT — $104,040Corpus Christi, TX — $104,150Salisbury, MD — $104,400Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $104,420Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $104,680Abilene, TX — $104,740Bellingham, WA — $105,020Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $105,060Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $105,240Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $105,460Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $105,490Richmond, VA — $105,550Midland, TX — $105,670Colorado Springs, CO — $105,780Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $105,830Texarkana, TX-AR — $106,060Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $106,110Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $106,160Lexington Park, MD — $106,320Jonesboro, AR — $106,360Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $106,530Winchester, VA-WV — $106,540Grand Junction, CO — $107,380Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $107,500Naples-Marco Island, FL — $107,590San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $107,650Yuba City, CA — $107,760Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $107,830Gettysburg, PA — $107,880Eugene-Springfield, OR — $107,980Tulsa, OK — $108,350Las Cruces, NM — $108,630Reno, NV — $109,090Odessa, TX — $109,220Salem, OR — $109,700Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $109,860San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $110,170Redding, CA — $110,230Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $110,520Yakima, WA — $111,400Spartanburg, SC — $111,540Dalton, GA — $111,580Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $112,100Santa Fe, NM — $112,240Longview, TX — $112,760Bend, OR — $114,870Fresno, CA — $116,690Merced, CA — $117,970Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $119,530Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $120,570Modesto, CA — $121,110San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $121,680Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $122,040Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $122,050Visalia, CA — $122,690Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $122,780Stockton-Lodi, CA — $122,990Salinas, CA — $123,180Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $123,200Boulder, CO — $123,490Napa, CA — $124,490Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $125,890Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $128,010Chico, CA — $129,260Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $130,420Vallejo, CA — $135,000San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $136,770San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $136,870

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Augusta metro area has the 139th-highest published median for this occupation among the 365 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for occupational therapists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Augusta metro areathis page
    $99,880 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $82,170 to $107,180
  • $111,580 median for Dalton metro area; middle half earns $92,840 to $112,780
  • $106,160 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $86,860 to $122,970
  • $101,080 median for Athens metro area; middle half earns $78,230 to $106,980
  • $100,680 median for Macon metro area; middle half earns $80,310 to $113,030
  • $99,490 median for Rome metro area; middle half earns $85,280 to $118,690
  • $98,490 median for Gainesville metro area; middle half earns $82,320 to $112,650

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.