Occupational Therapist - Salary, Career

How much does an Occupational Therapist earn

A Occupational Therapist earns between $1.582 and $6.221 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.943 and a median salary of $2.778 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 5.568 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Occupational Therapist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.943	35.322	736	21
1º Quartile	1.582	18.984	396	11
Median Salary	2.778	33.333	694	20
3º Quartile	4.744	56.929	1.186	33
Higher Salary	6.221	74.648	1.555	44

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of biological sciences, health
- - medical professionals, health
- - - occupational therapists and orthoptists

Related Positions:

Orthoptist

Main workplaces

Occupational therapists and orthoptists they work in the areas of health, education and social services, predominantly liberally, in the case of orthoptists, and with an employment relationship, in the case of occupational therapists, most of the time, in multidisciplinary teams. They work in offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, clinics, schools, homes, clubs, communities, schools, industries, among others, at times

What does it take to work in the field of Occupational therapists and orthoptists

For the exercise of these occupations, a higher education in one of the areas is required: occupational or orthoptic therapy, with records in the relevant professional councils.

Functions and activities of Occupational Therapist

Occupational therapists and orthoptists must:

perform diagnostics;

communicate;

analyze conditions of patients, clients, environments and communities;

assess functions and activities;

advise patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;

advise patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

evaluate functions and activities;

perform diagnosis;

guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;

advise patients, clients, families, caregivers and guardians;

guiding patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

perform interventions/treatment;

demonstrate personal skills;

guide patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

perform technical-scientific and administrative activities;

perform diagnoses;

perform interventions/treatment;

Activities

teach autonomy techniques in activities of daily living (avd) and instrumental activities of daily life (aivd);

demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;

train the patient in the use of orthoses, prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

assess motor skills and patterns;

guide occlusive therapy;

evaluate psychic functions;

participate in prevention, health promotion/quality of life programs;

elaborate scientific work;

deal with stress;

prescribe orthoptic exercises;

evaluate general motor skills (posture, gait, balance);

create working methods;

perform socio-occupational diagnosis;

clearing doubts;

map territory;

evaluate visual acuity;

establish an orthoptic treatment plan;

develop technical-administrative manuals and projects;

establish eligibility criteria;

visiting homes, schools, workplaces, institutions and communities;

monitor therapeutic evolution;

evaluate sensory integration;

work as a team;

deal with the public;

demonstrate non-verbal communication skills;

train professionals;

evaluate hand-eye and pedal coordination;

participate in differential interdisciplinary diagnoses;

evaluate spatial, temporal and psychomotor perception;

disclose work;

stimulate spatial perception and binocular vision;

establish service capacity;

coordinate cultural, social assistance and human rights services;

prescribe activities;

evaluate manual functions;

manage human, material and financial resources;

explain procedures and routines;

evaluate instrumental activities of daily living (aivd);

coordinate group occupational therapeutic activities;

elaborate technical-administrative manuals and projects;

develop treatment evaluation protocol;

give courses and lectures;

organize daily routine of clients;

forward the client to professionals and entities;

audit programs and services;

coordinate health and education services;

perform qualified listening (reception);

perform anamnesis;

interact with other professionals;

elaborate reports and opinions;

perform ergonomic assessment;

perform habilitation and rehabilitation procedures;

quantify binocular vision;

reeducate posture;

supervise professionals, trainees and support teams;

evaluate painful conditions;

evaluate psychosocial functions;

adapt posture;

apply orthoptic exercises;

evaluate oral, reading and writing language learning disorders;

evaluate ocular deviations;

evaluate sensorimotor and perceptual-cognitive functions;

evaluate range of eye movements;

evaluate oculomotor functions;

analyze professional reviews;

apply animal-assisted therapies;

demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;

stimulate social skills;

establish work methodology;

demonstrate creativity;

give feedback on the assessment and therapeutic conduct;

accompany clients in daily activities;

choose intervention/treatment procedures;

promote educational campaigns;

evaluate neuropsychomotor development;

analyze environments;

make decisions;

overcoming adverse situations;

evaluate kinetic-functional aspects;

perform qualification and rehabilitation procedures;

evaluate physical environments;

evaluate socio-occupational activities;

perform research;

demonstrate leadership;

operate work instruments and equipment;

suggest complementary exams;

apply tests and protocols;

instrument ophthalmic surgery;

check understanding of the orientation;

evaluate visual field;

stimulating adherence and continuity of treatment;

demonstrate objectivity;

develop orthoses, prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

transmit instructions to the multidisciplinary team;

teach techniques for the functional use of vision;

apply strategies for psychosocial rehabilitation;

evaluate affective, emotional and social aspects;

demonstrate dynamism;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

perform expertise;

monitor therapeutic evolution;

train low vision aids (magnifying glass, teleloupe, spherical glasses, etc);

stimulate spatial and visual-motor perception;

evaluate eye catcher;

demonstrate observation skills;

visit homes, schools, workplaces, institutions and communities;

evaluate visuospatial perception;

apply socio-occupational measurement technologies;

stimulate neuro-sensory-motor and perceptual-cognitive development;

demonstrate procedures and techniques;

stimulate tactile-kinesthetic and musculoskeletal perception;

participate in the development of rehabilitation engineering equipment;

analyze socioeconomic, ethno-cultural and educational conditions;

adapt prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

evaluate orthotics, prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

elaborate the discharge process;

guiding ergonomic techniques;

teach independence techniques in avd and aivd;

perform pre-surgical measurements of ocular deviations;

demonstrate perseverance;

analyze eligibility criteria;

prescribe orthoses, prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

establish occupational therapy plan;

evaluate reading acuity;

organize technical-scientific events;

establish discharge parameters;

analyze assessment results;

demonstrate visual and stereoscopic acuity;

transmit security;

mediate meetings;

make orthoses, prostheses, adaptations and assistive products;

analyze human activities;

evaluate residual view functionality;

demonstrate auditory acuity;

adapt orthoses;

analyze complementary exams;

adapt activities;

teach orientation/mobility procedures (dependent/semi-independent/independent);

demonstrate listening and dialogue skills;

report;

analyze professional reviews;

demonstrate initiative;

evaluate the impact of illness and institutionalization;

perform orthoptic tests and complementary eye exams;

deal with grief;

prepare the therapeutic environment;

stimulate early visual perception;

demonstrate empathy;

identify social support networks;

evaluate activities of daily living (avd);

evaluate body functions;

perform consultancy and advice;

evaluate neuromusculoskeletal functions;

evaluate visual contrast sensitivity;

evaluate sensitivity;

evaluate conditions for occupational performance (work, leisure, play, school and leisure );

teach alternative forms of communication;

evaluate sensory-motor-ocular system and perception;

implement actions for prevention and health promotion;

analyze reports and opinions;

clarify doubts;

Sectors that hire Occupational Therapist the most in the job market

activities of associations for the defense of social rights
hospital care activities
psychology and psychoanalysis activities
physical therapy activities
welfare services without accommodation
occupational therapy activities
other human health care activities
health management support activities
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
speech therapy activities

Occupational Therapist - Career description, activities, functions and salary