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Occupational Therapy Assistants · SOC 31-2011

Occupational Therapy Assistants Salary in the Boulder Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area

Figures describe the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boulder city limits.

Median annual wage$84,860
Median hourly wage$40.80

Occupational Therapy Assistants in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $84,860 per year ($40.80 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $68,210 at the 10th percentile to $89,950 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Occupational Therapy Assistants in the Boulder metro area earn more than $84,860 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,260 and $89,950.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$68,210$77,260$84,860$89,950$89,950
Hourly$32.79$37.14$40.80$43.25$43.25

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

  • Boulder metro areathis metro area
    $84,860
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $75,340
  • United Statesnational
    $72,300

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

The median here is +13% vs Colorado overall and +17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,050$65,320$81,590$97,860Anchorage, AK — $49,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $51,140Cedar Rapids, IA — $52,560Madison, WI — $54,870Peoria, IL — $55,210Eau Claire, WI — $56,110Johnstown, PA — $56,120Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $56,180Green Bay, WI — $57,280Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $57,450Charleston, WV — $57,520Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $57,520Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $57,810Appleton, WI — $57,920Erie, PA — $58,470Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,160Knoxville, TN — $59,930Flint, MI — $60,040Bloomington, IL — $60,050Altoona, PA — $60,310Syracuse, NY — $60,320Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,520Lima, OH — $60,550Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,740Kenosha, WI — $60,790Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,840Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $60,900La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $60,940Huntsville, AL — $61,040Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,120Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,230Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,280Chattanooga, TN-GA — $61,360Springfield, MO — $61,360Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,510Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,560Bowling Green, KY — $61,690South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,700Topeka, KS — $61,740Pittsburgh, PA — $61,900Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $62,010Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,200Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $62,210Mobile, AL — $62,250Rochester, NY — $62,330Akron, OH — $62,380Manhattan, KS — $62,380Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,440Rockford, IL — $62,640Wheeling, WV-OH — $62,670Cleveland, OH — $62,700Columbia, MO — $62,810Baton Rouge, LA — $63,030Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $63,120Birmingham, AL — $63,170Lincoln, NE — $63,180Sandusky, OH — $63,260Wilmington, NC — $63,440Columbus, OH — $63,480Bangor, ME — $63,520Jackson, MS — $63,540Fargo, ND-MN — $63,660Toledo, OH — $63,710Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $63,740Fayetteville, NC — $64,010Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,010Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $64,040Ogden, UT — $64,050Laredo, TX — $64,090Monroe, LA — $64,130York-Hanover, PA — $64,180Canton-Massillon, OH — $64,250Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $64,250Springfield, MA — $64,250Wichita, KS — $64,250Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,310Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $64,310Williamsport, PA — $64,650Greenville, NC — $64,680Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,700Johnson City, TN — $64,810Utica-Rome, NY — $64,880Lafayette, LA — $64,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,210Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,380Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $65,730Oklahoma City, OK — $65,840New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $65,850Omaha, NE-IA — $65,930Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $66,160Evansville, IN — $66,200Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $66,210Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $66,230Tallahassee, FL — $66,320Boise City, ID — $66,550Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $66,920Springfield, IL — $67,140Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $67,290Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $67,290Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $67,300St. Louis, MO-IL — $67,450Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,460Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $67,780Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $67,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $67,840Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $68,230Pueblo, CO — $68,370Homosassa Springs, FL — $68,380Manchester-Nashua, NH — $68,530Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $68,900Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $69,270Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $69,570Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $70,020Winston-Salem, NC — $70,150Jacksonville, FL — $70,540Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $70,570Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $70,630Owensboro, KY — $70,840Kansas City, MO-KS — $71,050Gainesville, FL — $71,240Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $71,310Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $71,420Tucson, AZ — $71,480Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $71,570Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $71,640Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $71,750Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $71,930Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,960North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $72,070Reading, PA — $72,110Savannah, GA — $72,120Lancaster, PA — $72,170Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $72,190Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $72,630Florence, SC — $72,720Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,780Punta Gorda, FL — $72,800Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $72,820Asheville, NC — $72,840Roanoke, VA — $72,870Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $73,030Fort Wayne, IN — $73,130Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $73,130Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $73,340New Haven, CT — $73,440Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,580Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $73,710McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $73,720Victoria, TX — $73,720Port St. Lucie, FL — $73,890Greensboro-High Point, NC — $74,290Columbia, SC — $74,330Albuquerque, NM — $74,380Corpus Christi, TX — $74,430Wichita Falls, TX — $74,450El Paso, TX — $74,640Colorado Springs, CO — $74,700Springfield, OH — $74,950New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $74,960Barnstable Town, MA — $75,170Tyler, TX — $75,280Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,300Tulsa, OK — $75,360Dover, DE — $75,440Raleigh-Cary, NC — $75,620College Station-Bryan, TX — $75,670Las Cruces, NM — $75,750Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $75,770Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $75,850Fresno, CA — $76,030Longview, TX — $76,070Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,080Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $76,090Killeen-Temple, TX — $76,290Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $76,440Salem, OR — $76,570Worcester, MA — $76,570Amarillo, TX — $76,720Richmond, VA — $76,760Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $76,980Waco, TX — $77,170Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $77,590Naples-Marco Island, FL — $77,690Lake Charles, LA — $77,820Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,090Reno, NV — $78,100Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,180Lynchburg, VA — $78,230Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,640Jonesboro, AR — $78,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $78,720San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $79,240Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $79,520Lubbock, TX — $79,690Texarkana, TX-AR — $79,720Charlottesville, VA — $79,770Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $80,070Fort Smith, AR-OK — $80,660Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $80,910Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $81,170Visalia, CA — $81,200Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $81,340Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $81,500Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $82,060Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $82,610Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $82,620San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $82,680Stockton-Lodi, CA — $84,400Boulder, CO — $84,860Spartanburg, SC — $86,040Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $86,440Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $88,250Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $95,180Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $95,190San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,370Modesto, CA — $96,210San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $97,860

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 Boulder metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 217 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 Colorado

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

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $84,860
  • Denver metro area
    $76,980
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $74,700
  • Fort Collins metro area
    $71,570
  • Pueblo metro area
    $68,370

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

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$44,150Nursing Assistants$49,860Medical Assistants$48,590Dental Assistants$58,760Massage Therapists$71,870Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$40,390

Highest-paying metro areas for occupational therapy assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro

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.