SOC 31-2012 · Healthcare Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Occupational Therapy Aides make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Therapy Aides in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $38,090. The 10th percentile is $34,200 and the 90th percentile is $51,050. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$38,090

10th percentile
$34,200
25th percentile
$35,290
Median
$38,090
75th percentile
$44,550
90th percentile
$51,050
Mean
$42,020

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Occupational Therapy Aides, the published 10th percentile is $34,200 and the 90th percentile is $51,050. The difference is $16,850, which is 44.2% 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 $35,290 to the 75th at $44,550, covers $9,260.

The mean annual wage is $42,020, which sits above the median of $38,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 2.7% lower than the national median of $39,160 for Occupational Therapy Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,068, which is 2.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Georgia median of $38,090.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Occupational Therapy Aides at $38,068 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Occupational Therapy Aides in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Occupational Therapy Aides accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (130 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.62 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Occupational Therapy Aides 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 Therapy Aides make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Occupational Therapy Aides in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $38,090. The 10th percentile is $34,200 and the 90th percentile is $51,050. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Occupational Therapy Aides?

The local median is 2.7% lower than the national median of $39,160.

What is Occupational Therapy Aides pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,090 is $38,068. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.