SOC 29-1122 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Occupational Therapists make in Lancaster, PA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Therapists in Lancaster, PA is $102,460. The 10th percentile is $70,440 and the 90th percentile is $130,810. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$102,460

10th percentile
$70,440
25th percentile
$83,070
Median
$102,460
75th percentile
$124,570
90th percentile
$130,810
Mean
$100,830

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Occupational Therapists, the published 10th percentile is $70,440 and the 90th percentile is $130,810. The difference is $60,370, which is 58.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $83,070 to the 75th at $124,570, covers $41,500.

The mean annual wage is $100,830, which sits below the median of $102,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lancaster, PA median is 2.1% higher than the national median of $100,330 for Occupational Therapists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $104,278, which is 3.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.1% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $98,440.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lancaster, PA is 98.257, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $102,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Occupational Therapists at $104,278 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Occupational Therapists. Lancaster, PA ranks 13th of 38 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Lebanon, PA is 25 miles away, with a median of $98,860 and employment of 40. That median is 3.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,057, against $104,278 here.
  • York-Hanover, PA is 27 miles away, with a median of $99,180 and employment of 160. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $103,313, against $104,278 here.
  • Reading, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $95,470 and employment of 170. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,362, against $104,278 here.

Employment share

Occupational Therapists accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Lancaster, PA (240 of 252,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (162,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Lancaster, PA · Occupational Therapists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Occupational Therapists make in Lancaster, PA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Therapists in Lancaster, PA is $102,460. The 10th percentile is $70,440 and the 90th percentile is $130,810. Employment is 240.

How does that compare with the national median for Occupational Therapists?

The local median is 2.1% higher than the national median of $100,330.

What is Occupational Therapists pay in Lancaster, PA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lancaster, PA is 98.257, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $102,460 is $104,278. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Lancaster, PA compare with nearby metros for Occupational Therapists?

Lebanon, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 25 miles away, at $98,860. Lancaster, PA ranks 13th of 38 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.