How much do Occupational Therapy Assistants make in Bakersfield-Delano, CA?

Percentile spread

For Occupational Therapy Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $67,890 and the 90th percentile is $107,420. The difference is $39,530, which is 41.5% 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 $74,770 to the 75th at $105,560, covers $30,790.

The mean annual wage is $91,880, which sits below the median of $95,190. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA median is 31.7% higher than the national median of $72,300 for Occupational Therapy Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,354, which is 30.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.4% higher than the California median of $81,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 100.886, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $95,190 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Occupational Therapy Assistants at $94,354 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Occupational Therapy Assistants. Bakersfield-Delano, CA ranks 3rd of 10 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).).

• Visalia, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $81,200 and employment of 50. That median is 14.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,342, against $94,354 here.
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $82,060 and employment of 80. That median is 13.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,240, against $94,354 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $78,090 and employment of 1,720. That median is 18% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,762, against $94,354 here.

Employment share

Occupational Therapy Assistants accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Bakersfield-Delano, CA (40 of 338,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (51,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.36 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.